The Basement

JL7 said:

Magnificent Wood....

A couple years back I scored a great deal on an exotic wood lot on CL and for the most part have been using those cool woods in many projects, with a couple of exceptions…....and this was the main exception. There were 4 pieces marked "Rosewood" in the lot that I just knew were something extraordinary.

The boards are roughly 5" x 36" (4/4). I should add that I did barter one of these boards for my lathe, so now it's 3. It's hard to imagine anything denser than these boards. For a couple of years now I would pass one of these boards to any shop visitors just to see the reaction…...they are heavy….

Honestly, I have cleaned up a bunch of hard wood, but was always intimated by these four.

I just sharpened the jointer knives and rotated the carbide cutters on the Shelix cutter head in the planer, so decided today was the day to see what was hiding under the rough sawn exterior of one…....

Shown with the other two boards rough:

I'm color blind, but I'm seeing a bunch of different colors here. I'm thinking Cocobolo.

Not sure where to go from here, but wow…......

Thanks for looking.

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JL7 said:

Magnificent Wood....

A couple years back I scored a great deal on an exotic wood lot on CL and for the most part have been using those cool woods in many projects, with a couple of exceptions…....and this was the main exception. There were 4 pieces marked "Rosewood" in the lot that I just knew were something extraordinary.

The boards are roughly 5" x 36" (4/4). I should add that I did barter one of these boards for my lathe, so now it's 3. It's hard to imagine anything denser than these boards. For a couple of years now I would pass one of these boards to any shop visitors just to see the reaction…...they are heavy….

Honestly, I have cleaned up a bunch of hard wood, but was always intimated by these four.

I just sharpened the jointer knives and rotated the carbide cutters on the Shelix cutter head in the planer, so decided today was the day to see what was hiding under the rough sawn exterior of one…....

Shown with the other two boards rough:

I'm color blind, but I'm seeing a bunch of different colors here. I'm thinking Cocobolo.

Not sure where to go from here, but wow…......

Thanks for looking.

Click to expand...

JL7 said:

Magnificent Wood....

A couple years back I scored a great deal on an exotic wood lot on CL and for the most part have been using those cool woods in many projects, with a couple of exceptions…....and this was the main exception. There were 4 pieces marked "Rosewood" in the lot that I just knew were something extraordinary.

The boards are roughly 5" x 36" (4/4). I should add that I did barter one of these boards for my lathe, so now it's 3. It's hard to imagine anything denser than these boards. For a couple of years now I would pass one of these boards to any shop visitors just to see the reaction…...they are heavy….

Honestly, I have cleaned up a bunch of hard wood, but was always intimated by these four.

I just sharpened the jointer knives and rotated the carbide cutters on the Shelix cutter head in the planer, so decided today was the day to see what was hiding under the rough sawn exterior of one…....

Shown with the other two boards rough:

I'm color blind, but I'm seeing a bunch of different colors here. I'm thinking Cocobolo.

Not sure where to go from here, but wow…......

Thanks for looking.

Click to expand...

JL7 said:

Magnificent Wood....

A couple years back I scored a great deal on an exotic wood lot on CL and for the most part have been using those cool woods in many projects, with a couple of exceptions…....and this was the main exception. There were 4 pieces marked "Rosewood" in the lot that I just knew were something extraordinary.

The boards are roughly 5" x 36" (4/4). I should add that I did barter one of these boards for my lathe, so now it's 3. It's hard to imagine anything denser than these boards. For a couple of years now I would pass one of these boards to any shop visitors just to see the reaction…...they are heavy….

Honestly, I have cleaned up a bunch of hard wood, but was always intimated by these four.

I just sharpened the jointer knives and rotated the carbide cutters on the Shelix cutter head in the planer, so decided today was the day to see what was hiding under the rough sawn exterior of one…....

Shown with the other two boards rough:

I'm color blind, but I'm seeing a bunch of different colors here. I'm thinking Cocobolo.

Not sure where to go from here, but wow…......

Thanks for looking.

Click to expand...

JL7 said:

Magnificent Wood....

A couple years back I scored a great deal on an exotic wood lot on CL and for the most part have been using those cool woods in many projects, with a couple of exceptions…....and this was the main exception. There were 4 pieces marked "Rosewood" in the lot that I just knew were something extraordinary.

The boards are roughly 5" x 36" (4/4). I should add that I did barter one of these boards for my lathe, so now it's 3. It's hard to imagine anything denser than these boards. For a couple of years now I would pass one of these boards to any shop visitors just to see the reaction…...they are heavy….

Honestly, I have cleaned up a bunch of hard wood, but was always intimated by these four.

I just sharpened the jointer knives and rotated the carbide cutters on the Shelix cutter head in the planer, so decided today was the day to see what was hiding under the rough sawn exterior of one…....

Shown with the other two boards rough:

I'm color blind, but I'm seeing a bunch of different colors here. I'm thinking Cocobolo.

Not sure where to go from here, but wow…......

Thanks for looking.

Click to expand...

JL7 said:

Magnificent Wood....

A couple years back I scored a great deal on an exotic wood lot on CL and for the most part have been using those cool woods in many projects, with a couple of exceptions…....and this was the main exception. There were 4 pieces marked "Rosewood" in the lot that I just knew were something extraordinary.

The boards are roughly 5" x 36" (4/4). I should add that I did barter one of these boards for my lathe, so now it's 3. It's hard to imagine anything denser than these boards. For a couple of years now I would pass one of these boards to any shop visitors just to see the reaction…...they are heavy….

Honestly, I have cleaned up a bunch of hard wood, but was always intimated by these four.

I just sharpened the jointer knives and rotated the carbide cutters on the Shelix cutter head in the planer, so decided today was the day to see what was hiding under the rough sawn exterior of one…....

Shown with the other two boards rough:

I'm color blind, but I'm seeing a bunch of different colors here. I'm thinking Cocobolo.

Not sure where to go from here, but wow…......

Thanks for looking.

Click to expand...

JL7 said:

Magnificent Wood....

A couple years back I scored a great deal on an exotic wood lot on CL and for the most part have been using those cool woods in many projects, with a couple of exceptions…....and this was the main exception. There were 4 pieces marked "Rosewood" in the lot that I just knew were something extraordinary.

The boards are roughly 5" x 36" (4/4). I should add that I did barter one of these boards for my lathe, so now it's 3. It's hard to imagine anything denser than these boards. For a couple of years now I would pass one of these boards to any shop visitors just to see the reaction…...they are heavy….

Honestly, I have cleaned up a bunch of hard wood, but was always intimated by these four.

I just sharpened the jointer knives and rotated the carbide cutters on the Shelix cutter head in the planer, so decided today was the day to see what was hiding under the rough sawn exterior of one…....

Shown with the other two boards rough:

I'm color blind, but I'm seeing a bunch of different colors here. I'm thinking Cocobolo.

Not sure where to go from here, but wow…......

Thanks for looking.

Click to expand...

JL7 said:

Magnificent Wood....

A couple years back I scored a great deal on an exotic wood lot on CL and for the most part have been using those cool woods in many projects, with a couple of exceptions…....and this was the main exception. There were 4 pieces marked "Rosewood" in the lot that I just knew were something extraordinary.

The boards are roughly 5" x 36" (4/4). I should add that I did barter one of these boards for my lathe, so now it's 3. It's hard to imagine anything denser than these boards. For a couple of years now I would pass one of these boards to any shop visitors just to see the reaction…...they are heavy….

Honestly, I have cleaned up a bunch of hard wood, but was always intimated by these four.

I just sharpened the jointer knives and rotated the carbide cutters on the Shelix cutter head in the planer, so decided today was the day to see what was hiding under the rough sawn exterior of one…....

Shown with the other two boards rough:

I'm color blind, but I'm seeing a bunch of different colors here. I'm thinking Cocobolo.

Not sure where to go from here, but wow…......

Thanks for looking.

Click to expand...

JL7 said:

Magnificent Wood....

A couple years back I scored a great deal on an exotic wood lot on CL and for the most part have been using those cool woods in many projects, with a couple of exceptions…....and this was the main exception. There were 4 pieces marked "Rosewood" in the lot that I just knew were something extraordinary.

The boards are roughly 5" x 36" (4/4). I should add that I did barter one of these boards for my lathe, so now it's 3. It's hard to imagine anything denser than these boards. For a couple of years now I would pass one of these boards to any shop visitors just to see the reaction…...they are heavy….

Honestly, I have cleaned up a bunch of hard wood, but was always intimated by these four.

I just sharpened the jointer knives and rotated the carbide cutters on the Shelix cutter head in the planer, so decided today was the day to see what was hiding under the rough sawn exterior of one…....

Shown with the other two boards rough:

I'm color blind, but I'm seeing a bunch of different colors here. I'm thinking Cocobolo.

Not sure where to go from here, but wow…......

Thanks for looking.

Click to expand...

JL7 said:

Magnificent Wood....

A couple years back I scored a great deal on an exotic wood lot on CL and for the most part have been using those cool woods in many projects, with a couple of exceptions…....and this was the main exception. There were 4 pieces marked "Rosewood" in the lot that I just knew were something extraordinary.

The boards are roughly 5" x 36" (4/4). I should add that I did barter one of these boards for my lathe, so now it's 3. It's hard to imagine anything denser than these boards. For a couple of years now I would pass one of these boards to any shop visitors just to see the reaction…...they are heavy….

Honestly, I have cleaned up a bunch of hard wood, but was always intimated by these four.

I just sharpened the jointer knives and rotated the carbide cutters on the Shelix cutter head in the planer, so decided today was the day to see what was hiding under the rough sawn exterior of one…....

Shown with the other two boards rough:

I'm color blind, but I'm seeing a bunch of different colors here. I'm thinking Cocobolo.

Not sure where to go from here, but wow…......

Thanks for looking.

Click to expand...

JL7 said:

The Sharpening Cart - Now with a buffing station.....

I made a few changes to the sharpening cart that I originally posted HERE.

I added a removable platform to the right of the Worksharp - thanks for the idea Stumpy….much appreciated.

Later, I decided to add the the Beall buffing setup under the the little shelf. Previously this was just mounted on a piece of plywood and I would drag it out every time I use it. Since I use it a lot, this should be useful.

Also added the "shelf" that hold the buffing wheels, buffing compound and up to eight extra Worksharp discs. The shelf is form fit to the grinder and just sits in place without fasteners or you can remove it and hang it on the side of the cart.

Here's a shot from each side of the cart:

There's more "stuff" in the top drawer:

The platform stays is place with 4 dowels and is easily removed:

The shelf:

The back of the shelf is notched to fit into the grinder:

The little Maple cleat is all that is needed to keep the shelf in place:

Optionally, the shelf can hang on the side of the cart:

One of these days I'm going to build these cool jigs for sharpening the lathe tools like Steve posted HERE.

Thanks for looking….......

Click to expand...

JL7 said:

The Sharpening Cart - Now with a buffing station.....

I made a few changes to the sharpening cart that I originally posted HERE.

I added a removable platform to the right of the Worksharp - thanks for the idea Stumpy….much appreciated.

Later, I decided to add the the Beall buffing setup under the the little shelf. Previously this was just mounted on a piece of plywood and I would drag it out every time I use it. Since I use it a lot, this should be useful.

Also added the "shelf" that hold the buffing wheels, buffing compound and up to eight extra Worksharp discs. The shelf is form fit to the grinder and just sits in place without fasteners or you can remove it and hang it on the side of the cart.

Here's a shot from each side of the cart:

There's more "stuff" in the top drawer:

The platform stays is place with 4 dowels and is easily removed:

The shelf:

The back of the shelf is notched to fit into the grinder:

The little Maple cleat is all that is needed to keep the shelf in place:

Optionally, the shelf can hang on the side of the cart:

One of these days I'm going to build these cool jigs for sharpening the lathe tools like Steve posted HERE.

Thanks for looking….......

Click to expand...

JL7 said:

The Sharpening Cart - Now with a buffing station.....

I made a few changes to the sharpening cart that I originally posted HERE.

I added a removable platform to the right of the Worksharp - thanks for the idea Stumpy….much appreciated.

Later, I decided to add the the Beall buffing setup under the the little shelf. Previously this was just mounted on a piece of plywood and I would drag it out every time I use it. Since I use it a lot, this should be useful.

Also added the "shelf" that hold the buffing wheels, buffing compound and up to eight extra Worksharp discs. The shelf is form fit to the grinder and just sits in place without fasteners or you can remove it and hang it on the side of the cart.

Here's a shot from each side of the cart:

There's more "stuff" in the top drawer:

The platform stays is place with 4 dowels and is easily removed:

The shelf:

The back of the shelf is notched to fit into the grinder:

The little Maple cleat is all that is needed to keep the shelf in place:

Optionally, the shelf can hang on the side of the cart:

One of these days I'm going to build these cool jigs for sharpening the lathe tools like Steve posted HERE.

Thanks for looking….......

Click to expand...

JL7 said:

The Sharpening Cart - Now with a buffing station.....

I made a few changes to the sharpening cart that I originally posted HERE.

I added a removable platform to the right of the Worksharp - thanks for the idea Stumpy….much appreciated.

Later, I decided to add the the Beall buffing setup under the the little shelf. Previously this was just mounted on a piece of plywood and I would drag it out every time I use it. Since I use it a lot, this should be useful.

Also added the "shelf" that hold the buffing wheels, buffing compound and up to eight extra Worksharp discs. The shelf is form fit to the grinder and just sits in place without fasteners or you can remove it and hang it on the side of the cart.

Here's a shot from each side of the cart:

There's more "stuff" in the top drawer:

The platform stays is place with 4 dowels and is easily removed:

The shelf:

The back of the shelf is notched to fit into the grinder:

The little Maple cleat is all that is needed to keep the shelf in place:

Optionally, the shelf can hang on the side of the cart:

One of these days I'm going to build these cool jigs for sharpening the lathe tools like Steve posted HERE.

Thanks for looking….......

Click to expand...