wouldwurker Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 I was picking up some finish at Woodcraft and they had a giant 5'x5' box full of 'exotic cutoffs' for $3 a pound. Most of it looked like cracked pieces and long thin edge strips that were presumably removed in their s3s process. Others were large bowl blanks with severe cracks. A few guys were picking through some of the crayola lumber, and I found this unassuming hunk of 10/4ish wood. Some figure just about caught my eye in the right light. Paid $3ish. Here it is with a little solvent rubbed on. The photo does it no justice - lots of depth in the figure. Any idea of species? A kind of Sandalwood maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 So, not being very big, what's the plans for it? It does have some cool figure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wouldwurker Posted July 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Probably resaw 4 ways...see what kind of a bookmatch pattern I can get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wouldwurker Posted July 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Not sure, but I don't think it's African fauxhogany. Can't tell from the pic, but it doesn't really have that fauxhogany weight and softness combo. I'll post up some pics when clean it up a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weithman5 Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 i have grabbed several pieces at woodcraft doing the same thing. no plans for them either. just felt the urge to get them. they will get used for soemthing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Crawford Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 i have some Sandalwood, your photo does not look like it but the photo white balance is off so i'm not sure. Run a hand plane across it- if it is sandalwood the absolutely wonderful oder will let you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 What sort of weight does it have? It doesn't look like mahogany to me either. Whatever it is it would make nice resawn bookmatched veneers for application over a stable substrate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wouldwurker Posted July 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 Feels lighter than mahogany and fauxhogany. That piece is 1lb. Took a shaving - no aroma at all. Very hard, brittle shaving. Not great in the workability department. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 Resaw it then. Glue it to a substrate and use your scraper or ROS to smooth it. It'd make a nice panel in a door or veneer for a box. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob493 Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 real mahogany is actually pretty light... that looks really identical to real mahogany. Like, COMPLETELY identical. Since its figured, its going to be a bit more difficult to cut planing tools, as is most figured woods. The grain becomes interlocked more and becomes more difficult to work with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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