Oh Beeswing Purpleheart, How Do I Love You? Let Me Count The Ways!! Lumber Gloat #3

Purdy purdy purdy AKA pretty

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

wow!! get to building matt! :)

-- David - Houston, Texas. (http://www.justsquareenough.com/)

OK Matt you win.

-- Drink twice... and don't bother to cut... @ larrysworkshop.wordpress.com For lovers of all things timber...

Nice looking PH.

-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -

Matt-
You are making some very nice scores on figured wood.
Now you can resaw them into veneer…..........

BTW- do you ever get up to M&G sawmill ?? They are up by Huntsville, and are really great folks to deal with.
Not to mention their lumber is priced very reasonable.

Keep posting.

i think its time for a roadtrip to huntsville…

-- David - Houston, Texas. (http://www.justsquareenough.com/)

SCORE !!! You’re a lucky man , my friend : )
Now , what to make out of all these nice little gifts from Mother Nature ?

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.

Matt,

What kind of period furniture are you going to make with that? I mean, c’mon! Chippendale, Hepplewhite and Sheraton would be rolling over if they knew you were going to make something out of that stuff. I guess if you just packaged it up and sent it my way that would be a start to getting you back on the period path.

Great looking stuff, btw.

-- Chuck Bender, period furniture maker, http://www.acanthus.com

Nice looking wood, Matt.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Sweet! I’d be scared to plane it…

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Great stuff, Matt

-- She thought I hung the moon--now she just thinks I did it wrong

Matt,

So, what became of the lumber? And as an educational note, what do you mean by Beeswings when describing the lumber?

-- -- Skee from MN

It’s still in my garage! I don’t know why it’s called “beeswing”, but I know that is the terminology used when describing wood with these particular grain patterns.

-- Matt Garcia Wannabe Period Furniture Maker, Houston TX

The figure resembles the patterns in bees wings . Next time you find a dead bee , hold it up to the light and look through its wings : )

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.

Thanks Dusty!!!

-- Matt Garcia Wannabe Period Furniture Maker, Houston TX