Wenge Memorial Box

Hey Rob
This is very well done I love that Wenge and Huon ? Pine. This is a most gorgeous box

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Very nice box . How does the Scan. oil differ from Danish oil finish ?

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Very nice box. The keys set off that wenge great.

Nice construction. The glass panel is a good touch.

Keep it up.

Scrapy

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Great work Rob.

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Did you have to use any special glue? I have some wenge that I haven’t tried anything with yet, doesn’t seem like it would agree with standard water based glues.

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A great job. Beautiful box.

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That is one top job especially with the “Huon Pine” inserts….....good use of Aussie timber Rob.

Hi all,
Thanks for the kind comments.

Dusty56, I did a side by side comparison of Wattyl Scandinavian oil and Feast Watson Danish oil on a piece of highly figured Red Gum a couple of years ago. The Danish oil masked some of the more subtle figure in the wood, which I was not happy with. In contrast, the Scandinavian oil seemed to bring the figure and grain into a sharper relief. So now I use it all the time. I use a friction seal method, which requires prep of the timber to 400g, oil to saturation, then wet sand from 400 to 4000g. After a day or so drying, you can use any final coat you want. Shellac, spray on finish or my favourite, wax.

Bud, You are right about the aliphatic glues, they don’t work well with Wenge. I used a 2 part Epoxy resin for this project with no problems.

Regards,

Rob

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Flat out beautiful! Wenge is a wonderful wood as long as you consider its oil content and it sounds like you did.

Keep up the great work.

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nice

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