| Project by KnotCurser | posted 08-16-2011 02:36 AM | 1386 views | 3 times favorited | 9 comments |  |
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A couple of weeks ago, I located some “Mystery Wood” after our State sent some crews out to clean up the overgrown and older brush and trees along our roads – they dropped a HUGE tree with some incredibly bright yellow wood. I waited a few weeks for the poison ivy to die from around it and took as much of it as I could.
I posted a blog to help identify the species and came up with the answer after I found some leaves – It’s Mulberry!
After two weeks drying, the half-inch pieces were dried enough to see what I could do with this stuff – the results you see here.
This stuff is AWESOME! The color is fantastic, it’s iridescent when oiled, and it cuts almost as easy as plywood – very nice grain pattern!
I did this cutting as a “Thank You” for a person that went out of her way to save me some very nice chunks of Cherry wood that I will be getting my hands on in the next couple of weeks.
The piece measures 9×5 inches and is a 1/4 of an inch thick.
I LOVE this stuff – my wife says it looks like a sunset and I agree. It shines.
The pattern I found a long time ago in a scollworkers forum on the internet and decided to save until a better time.
Finish is, as always, a soak in lemon oil and backed with thick felt.
This will most certainly NOT be the last you will see of this wood. :-)
Enjoy!
-bob
-- Robert Rhoades WoodWorks / Email: rrww@rhoadesclan.com / www.rhoadesclan.com
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Mathew Nedeljko
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#1 posted 08-16-2011 02:55 AM
Nicely done Bob…that mulberry is not something you come across every day. Love the yellow color and am looking forward to seeing much more of this on future projects!
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acducey
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#2 posted 08-16-2011 05:18 AM
Very nice work! I am now eyeing the mulberry in my neighbor’s back yard; right now it serves no purpose but to feed the birds, which then decorate all the houses & cars in the neighborhood.
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#3 posted 08-16-2011 05:32 AM
This is my favorite piece yet!
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#4 posted 08-16-2011 11:31 AM
Well done.
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#5 posted 08-16-2011 01:38 PM
That turned out nicely.
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Roger
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#6 posted 08-16-2011 02:45 PM
some very nice scrollin there. I like the back piece. It really makes that scroll work pop. The natural edge gives it some nice character also.. very nice
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#7 posted 08-16-2011 04:02 PM
Nice one, Bob. Interesting wood that Mulberry as well.
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#8 posted 08-16-2011 04:41 PM
Nice work, Bob.. very well done and I’m sure your friend will love it. You did a great job!
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Sheila Landry (scrollgirl)
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#9 posted 08-17-2011 01:31 PM
Quite a beautiful piece of wood, Bob! It is really going to be a hit. I have never used this wood either, but I would certainly consider doing so after reading about it here. It looks great!
Sheila
-- Designer/Artist/Teacher. Owner of Sheila Landry Designs (http://www.sheilalandrydesigns.com) Scroll saw, wood working and painting patterns and surfaces. "Knowledge is Power"
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