Source(s) for rosewood veneer?

Rosewood is a colored wood. It isn't a species.

Many if not all have a high content of silicon and might make cutting very expensive since the slicing blade would be cut to shreads.

I get 21 results for a search for the species data containing "Rosewood"

Cocobolo is rosewood - Dalbergia retusa

Padauk - Peterocarpus indicus - NarraAndaman padauk

General name :

Dalbergia xxxxx where xxxx is : baronii Madagascar rosewood latifolia Indian rosewood nigra Brazilian rosewood oliveri burma pallisander retusa Cocobolo sissoc Sissoo stevensonii - Honduras rosewood

Martin Eastburn (have a pdf of the search....)

rosewood veneer, and I'm

inches long. Woodcraft,

packages, all trimmed to 12"

wide, by about 28"

whatever that is.

something that just

rosewood. East Indian

looking for that.

wife and I know

groom graduated from

Rose-Hulman Institute

sycamore and

not just something that

There are umpteen types of rosewood. Step #1, figure out which you want. Step #2, check Constantines and search for "rosewood"

Martin Eastburn wrote in news:YAG_q.71176$ snipped-for-privacy@en-nntp-07.dc.easynews.com:

Actually, it *is* a genus, although it's not a species: all true rosewoods are genus Dalbergia.

Padauk is not, however.

"dadiOH" wrote in news:jhg98q$pev$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:

Unfortunately, part of "Step #1" is finding a source at a price I can afford. I discovered very quickly that Woodcraft sells East Indian rosewood veneer -- which is just what I was looking for -- in 4x8 sheets for about $325. Ouch.

Ahh. Thank you. I did not know of Constantines, and somehow none of my Google searches ever turned them up. That looks promising.

have a dozen consecutive 32" pieces than four consecutive 96" pieces, for example -- more consistency in the grain patterns.

Didn't know about them either.

Many thanks -- I'll have a look at them, and Constantines. If you're going to be in Indianapolis any time soon, look me up. I'll have a cold homebrew with your name on it...

. snipped-for-privacy@en-nntp-07.dc.easynews.com:

s are genus Dalbergia.

Doug Miller wrote in news:Xns9FFA6AC20113Edougmilmaccom@88.198.244.100:

Didn't mean to send this quite as quickly as I did....

"Rosewood" does not refer to the color of the wood at all, but rather to the floral *scent* of the wood; in D. nigra, this scent is reputed to persist for decades. The name has been applied to woods of other genera, and other families, which resemble true rosewoods in *appearance* (for example, pau ferro, a.k.a. "santos rosewood") but lack the distinctive scent.

Careful. If you persist in your quest, you WILL have everything confiscated by the United States Justice Department.

See:

Dang, you are a year late. I went to Marion last summer for my 60th HS reunion and stopped in Indianapolis for a couple of days to visit a long term friend. Maybe next time; had a friend at IU that used to make homebrew...kinda cloudy but tasted fine.

rosewood veneer, and I'm

Just switched newsreaders and can't find your original post. In any event, I would directly contact some of the major veneer suppliers on the web, which include the ones below. Most will have pictures so you can actually see what you're getting:

-- Andy Barss

Andy Barss wrote in news:jhvdcb$67a$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:

Doug --

Thanks, Andy. My biggest problem was finding the major veneer suppliers -- my Google skills seem to have deserted me, and I hadn't found any of those three. (They've been suggested independently by a couple other people who responded, so I'm aware of them

consistency in the

Doug --

Don't know why I didn't think of this before, but try Ebay. I just searched and turned up a lot:

If tht doesn't rurn something up, you might call (or email) the people at B&B

Finally, you might post on the forum at Vacupress

What sort of sycamore are you using? There's American, and English. The latter is a maple which comes in a really tight fiddleback figure.

-- Andy Barss

This listing is for rosewood, flat sawn boards 3/4" x 7" x 6'. Around twelve b.f. total.

Andrew Barss wrote in news:jie0k7$6en$1 @onion.ccit.arizona.edu:

consistency in the

Thanks for the suggestions, Andy. I had already checked eBay without finding anything in the sizes I was looking for, but it can't do any harm to check again, too. And I'll definitely have a look at vacupress.com -- that's something I want to learn a lot more about.

I'm using American sycamore.