Seems you all post when you find a good bit of stick.
I bought a stack of New Guinea Rosewood,
and when I dressed a bit of it this is what I found.



-- Drink once, cut twice. New website up.... lazylarrywoodworks.com.au

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Seems you all post when you find a good bit of stick.
I bought a stack of New Guinea Rosewood,
and when I dressed a bit of it this is what I found.



-- Drink once, cut twice. New website up.... lazylarrywoodworks.com.au
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23 comments so far
Lip
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149 posts in 947 days
posted 136 days ago
I’d never heard of NGR before I started reading your posts … you seem to get some really nice boards out of it …. nice
-- Lip's Dysfuncational Firewood Farm, South Bend, IN
degoose
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2020 posts in 252 days
posted 136 days ago
You have your fun timbers and I have mine lol
-- Drink once, cut twice. New website up.... lazylarrywoodworks.com.au
TopamaxSurvivor
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3044 posts in 573 days
posted 136 days ago
Do another! Lets see what’s in it:-))
-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.
bowyer
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posted 136 days ago
I seem to spend as much time checking out whats in the back ground as I do the subject of the pics. That is some interesting grain I hope there are alot of the boards that way.
Rick
-- If at first you don't succeed...Don't try skydiving
patron
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2443 posts in 238 days
posted 136 days ago
im happy for you ,
you work hard ,
enjoy it !
-- david ,new mexico ,allheart
degoose
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2020 posts in 252 days
posted 136 days ago
Bro. U work harder than me and I hope you enjoy things as much as I do!!!
-- Drink once, cut twice. New website up.... lazylarrywoodworks.com.au
patron
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2443 posts in 238 days
posted 136 days ago
naw ….
i just think harder than me ,
then i work
less !
-- david ,new mexico ,allheart
Beginningwoodworker
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4204 posts in 570 days
posted 136 days ago
Nice haul of lumber.
-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker
hooky
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posted 136 days ago
looks delightful with such nice large grain pattern it would make a wonderful piece of furniture
how dark does it go when sealed
Hooky
-- Happiness is a way of travel , not a destination (Roy Goodman)
degoose
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2020 posts in 252 days
posted 136 days ago
For the timber after finish Check this out
-- Drink once, cut twice. New website up.... lazylarrywoodworks.com.au
Karson
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posted 136 days ago
Some great looking timber. I guess it has the rosewood smell when worked.
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
Splinterman
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4897 posts in 258 days
posted 136 days ago
Hey Larry,
Good snare mate…..nice one.
-- I will just keep doing it till I get it right.
blackcherry
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posted 136 days ago
Whew know that something to gloat about!!!!!!!!! Like Topamax said do another do another!!! Will it patina get as dark and the South American rosewoods also is it as dense as my head.LOL…Just check out the vanity top that a lot of glory for the bathroom. I would like a wine cabinet make by Friday thank you…great find and work as always…Blkcherry
Lee A. Jesberger
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3710 posts in 877 days
posted 135 days ago
Hi Larry,
Very nice haul!
Also, I like your slogan.
Lee
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Kent Shepherd
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833 posts in 183 days
posted 135 days ago
I’ll trade you some Bubinga
-- Kent Shepherd * The goal is-----More Tools!
patron
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2443 posts in 238 days
posted 135 days ago
i’ll up the anty ,
2 sheets of particle board !
-- david ,new mexico ,allheart
pommy
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962 posts in 588 days
posted 135 days ago
Larry you could send me some of that LOL….......
Thats a great stock find and looks very nice milled
Andy
-- cut it saw it scrap it
matt garcia
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725 posts in 569 days
posted 135 days ago
VERY nice!!
-- Matt, Houston Texas
blackcherry
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731 posts in 720 days
posted 135 days ago
I’ll up the anty, 4 sheets of veneer particle board if I can find any!
Durnik150
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536 posts in 219 days
posted 135 days ago
Looks very similar to Canarywood. Any relation? Canary comes from South America. It looks almost identical.
-- Behind the Bark is a lot of Heartwood----Charles, Centennial, CO
scrappy
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1641 posts in 327 days
posted 135 days ago
Nice score on that wood. That vanity is just fantastic!
Thanks for gloating!
-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!
hooky
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143 posts in 216 days
posted 135 days ago
Ok now the top you linked to is perfect to show of what i was saying about the grain
now i wonder how long it will take to drive from perth to come and get some LOL
Hooky
-- Happiness is a way of travel , not a destination (Roy Goodman)
stefang
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posted 94 days ago
Congrats on a good purchase. The only place I see wood like that is on a screen.
-- Mike, American in Norway