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My wife ask me to make something for her desk at work. She wanted it made with an exotic wood.
So I made her go with me to the mill works to pick out what she wanted. That way she couldn’t complain about the price of the wood! This wood is very dense but fun to work with. Finishing it was another story!
I started out using Tung Oil and it took a week to dry! Then I tried Fast Drying Polyurethane from Minwax but that took forever to dry! Decided that when all else fails read the directions. (research) I found out Cocobolo is about the only wood that is oilier than this wood! I was going through all these steps on a scrap piece also so I could experiment. When the polyurethane dried I decided to try some Water Base Polycrylic from Minwax on the scrap and it dried in 20 minutes! Live and learn.
The wood is Bocote!
-- spanky46 -- Never enough clamps...Never enough tools...Never enough time.
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Gary Fixler
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posted 243 days ago
Really nice looking wood there, Spanky, and pretty pieces made with them, too! Any idea what kind of wood it is? I didn’t see you mention.
-- Gary, Los Angeles, video game animator
Napaman
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posted 243 days ago
good lessons…but you stuck to it…did the research and—-wah—lah…amazing results…did you mention the wood???
put the wood in “tags” for your project…so if someone does research here…then they can easily call up this project and info…
-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...
GMoney
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posted 243 days ago
Looks like Bacote.
-- Greg, CT
degoose
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posted 243 days ago
Very exotic and so is the wood.. Never seen the likes of it before. Kwila from New guinea Is also very oily if it is not seasoned properly.
-- Drink once, cut twice. New website up.... lazylarrywoodworks.com.au
spanky46
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posted 243 days ago
Thank you! It is Bacote. Good eye Gmoney. Wondered how soon someone would know!
-- spanky46 -- Never enough clamps...Never enough tools...Never enough time.
Napaman
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posted 242 days ago
NICE TAGS!!!
-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...