Popular Post Dknapp34 Posted July 6, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 Craigslist find. A reclaimed wood millwork shop was advertising a mystery wood they called Acacia. They said they sent a sample to a lab many years ago and it came back as a member of the acacia family from Hawaii. The boards were each 8 ft long, 20" wide by 8/4 thick for $20 a piece. I picked up 7 of them. Planed down, they look like paduak, but with a less discernible grain structure. All-in-all a decent looking wood. So I was happy with my score. Here's where it gets better though... While I was picking those wide boards up, the guy showed me another stack of narrower, 8" wide boards that he thought were the same thing. They had more of a grain structure than the other one, so I thought they might be different, but it was a little hard to tell because the wood was so grayed out from being outside for 17 years. Anyway, I picked up 10 of those (at $10 each). When I got home, I planed one of the narrower boards down and here's what I found: Sure looks like Sapele to me. So, I got about 100 bd ft of what appears to be sapele for about $1 bd/ft! Here's the whole stack, with the wide mystery acacia on the bottom: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
difalkner Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 Wow! What a haul - amazing! Got any projects in mind yet? David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 You couldn't have done better, even if you have no plans for it at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 Did you buy all they had? I would have. To make sure what you have: https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/research/centers/woodanatomy/wood_idfactsheet.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dknapp34 Posted July 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 16 minutes ago, difalkner said: Wow! What a haul - amazing! Got any projects in mind yet? David Was planning on using the acacia mystery wood for an outdoor sectional and maybe some chairs. Not sure about the sapele yet. 3 minutes ago, Tom King said: Did you buy all they had? I would have. To make sure what you have: https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/research/centers/woodanatomy/wood_idfactsheet.php I didn't but only because I wasn't sure what it was until I got home and planed it down. As soon as I did that, I called the guy back and told him I would buy more. Looked like he easily has another 200 bd. ft. or so. Thanks for the link. I think I will send them a sample! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 How heavy is it? I wouldn't want any of the low specific gravity South American stuff, no matter how cheap it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dknapp34 Posted July 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Tom King said: How heavy is it? I wouldn't want any of the low specific gravity South American stuff, no matter how cheap it is. It is extremely heavy. I've never worked with sapele before so I don't have a direct comparison, but I'd say its close to as heavy as hickory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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