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| Blog entry by thiel | posted 138 days ago | 303 reads | 0 times favorited | 4 comments |  |
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The other day I enthusiastically bought some fancy wood since I was making small stuff and wanted to try out some other material. And then I promptly forgot what I bought.
The receipt appears:
—Bolivian Rosewood
—Figured Santos Mahogany (“Bee’s wings” I think)
—Mesquite (knew that)
Any tips for working with these beauties? I’ve already resawed them down to get bookmatched 1/2 inch boards…. The mahogany in particular seems a bit brittle. The mesquite is tough!
-- Laziness - Apathy = Efficiency
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4 comments so far
GaryK
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posted 138 days ago
Santos mahogany is VERY hard. Very hard on tools. Used a lot for flooring.
-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.
dustynewt
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posted 138 days ago
I have a couple boxes posted here and I frequently make my name keychain fobs in Mesquite. It is dense and heavy and takes a beautiful oil and wax finish. The sapwood is a bit softer and prone to bug holes. Nice character for a live edge project.
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mtkate
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posted 137 days ago
I have a set of rosewood handle kitchen knives. Perhaps you could try something like that?
VinnieP
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posted 137 days ago
Rosewood is a very solid wood as well with beautiful grain pattern (imo). Ironically enough I was just reading last week that some people can have a bad alergic reaction to the dust. Which could be a lot of woods, but they said some cases are severe enough to have flu like symptoms.