I know the feeling. I have some pieces that have been lying around here for probably 10 years that I'm still trying to figure how to best use them. Sounds like veneers would be a good choice for yours. Fire up the Laguna!
Pretty wood
Aug 16, 2011
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Um, couldn't you have made those bowties a BIT more gaudy? Saaay, is that balsa?
-- ...in order that a man may be happy, it is necessary that he should not only be capable of his work, but a good judge of his work. -- John Ruskin
On 8/16/2011 10:39 PM, Larry Jaques wrote: ...
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In pictures, often does look almost indistinguishable...in hand, not so much.
"Claro" is fairly recent moniker; the CA genus that is not a hybrid w/ eastern black is generally somewhat lighter and has a clarity of grain that is just, somehow, different altho I don't know any way to verbalize it--you just have to see it in person to appreciate the difference I think.
Note there's nothing at all "wrong" w/ Eastern black walnut nor any intent to imply same; they're just subtly different.
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Ever work with MDF? LOL
Good trip? It was the druuugs... , mon
This might help. Page down to Claro Walnut:
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Click onto the pic for more pics
Sonny
...in order that a man may be happy, it is necessary that he should not only be capable of his work, but a good judge of his work. -- John Ruskin
Page down to Walnut, Claro
I have no idea what sort of wood Tamarack is and to be honest I really don't care. It is the favorite firewood of most around here, kind of a shame. I got over a thousand board feet of it from a nearby sawmill for fifty cents a board foot. It's not easy to work with but the finished product is worth the trouble.
This is a Murphy bed finished in clear urethane
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stained and clear urethane
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used the Tamarack for wainscoting throughout the house. It's finished like the Murphy bed.
LdB
it's a larch. looks a lot like hickory though
Figured North American maple, dyed with Transtint, your choice of color. Looks like marble more than wood.
I'm with Nova on this one. Although I saw a lot of other drool-worthy woods in my Central American travels.
Luigi
About 25 years ago I built a cocobolo and padauk coffee table. A couple of years ago I dismantled it and resurface the top. The link is to the freshly drum sanded top.
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About 25 years ago I built a cocobolo and padauk coffee table. A couple of years ago I dismantled it and resurface the top. The link is to the freshly drum sanded top.
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pretty, pretty!
Thank you.
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