Chestnut Posted June 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2021 12 hours ago, wtnhighlander said: When you need to turn out a lot of furniture, boring grain is a blessing. Mahogany is predictable to work with, carves well in detail, is durable, and grows in big trees with lots of clear lumber. A dream for mass production. While figure is uncommon, when it occurs it can be amazing. David Marks built this Egyptian inspired table, using a piece of 'The Tree', a famously quilted mahogany much desired by instrument makers. When I looked it up after seeing that episode, slices from 'The Tree' were selling for upwards of $1500 per board foot. Stewart Macdonald is selling acoustic guitar panels that are supposedly from 'The Tree' for $6000. That figured wood is awesome looking but that price is stupid. Let the instrument makers fight over it. It seems like it's "greatness" is all in the eyes of the maker but doesn't really explain why it has such a connotation for elite high end luxury from a consumer sense. I suppose it being the sought after wood for uber yachts is it. If it's a big tree and makes mass production easy wouldn't that devalue it in a luxury sense? I guess it's maybe just a luxury now because it's rare now? I don't know something about the wood just doesn't compute for me. 2 minutes ago, Mark J said: Could you explain the term or is that a typo? Probably is intended to be Mahogany or Sapele. I'm not going to lie, I still don't really comprehend the statement. It seems like it's assuming i want to be in Florida? I know people love Florida but I'm not really a fan of the state. I don't like humidity and heat. I really like lakes over oceans. I'm right where I should be. That said i can get more on board with the ribbon stripe sapele. That brings an awesome added dimension to a project. The color overall is a bit red for my taste but I could see using it on a small project here or there. There are even some of the African Mahoganies that are very pretty that have less red and more brown. I have some in my lumber shed I've been meaning to use for something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlyoak Posted June 22, 2021 Report Share Posted June 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Mark J said: Could you explain the term or is that a typo? typo. Mahogany or sapele. In my shop to myself I call sapele mahogany. Sapele looks, smells and feels like mahogany. A cousin from Africa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlyoak Posted June 22, 2021 Report Share Posted June 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Chestnut said: t seems like it's assuming i want to be in Florida? You are welcome but that was not an invitation. In Florida is a very caustic environment. Mold and mildew start the rotting process. I don't know why, but mahogany and sapele are very resistant to the environment. Not as many choices of wood for an outdoor project. Mahogany or sapele is number one on my list for value and appearance and will tolerate the environment. And also there is cedar, and cypress which is milled 100 miles north of me. Teak is beyond ridiculous in price. and hard on your tools. There are a lot of other species of wood that is durable outside away from mold and mildew that is durable. Not here. Properly finished. My front door was QS white oak. Researched and bought the best spar varnish. Mold and mildew got under the finish. In 2 years the door looked black. I stripped the door to bare wood and added mold and mildew killer. Followed directions. 2 years later mold and mildew under the finish. 4 years ago I built a ribboned grained sapele door. Still good. No mold or mildew. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Chestnut Posted November 14, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 It's been a while but work has continued on the bathroom and laundry room remodel. I'll share some interesting circumstances that have occurred. I made a frame and panel side. The carcass was joined with 4mm dominoes. Thoughts were running through my mind constantly about over building these cabinets. The ones removed were well made but were particle baord and nails. These are Baltic birch glued and with joinery. Got it hung Next up is doors for the cabinet opposite this one. The openings are an awkward width where a single door would be too wide but double doors is too narrow to do the style I want. So i altered the design and went with a single panel instead of 2. I messed up my measurements though. The right opening was 1/4" larger than the left opening. I made all 4 doors the same size and unfortuneatly used the smaller opening measurements. To make the doors fit with out a comicaly large gap I cut 4 1/16" strips and glued them to the edge of the door. Once they were cleaned up it became difficult to tell they were there. The picture below shows the worst case where there was a small gap. This is luckily on the inside of the door. Once finish was appiled the strip disappeared even more. I used euro hinges. I've also had issue getting the cups at the perfect distance from the door edge. It seems like no matter what kind of jig i used the hole would drift 1/32" or so. A small amount but with3/32" gaps it makes a very noticeable difference. This time i used my marking gauge to set the center of the cup from the edge of the door. This worked really well. it gave the forstner bit some purchase so that it didn't drift. All finished up with the doors hung. I had to for other reasons use 1/8" gap instead of 3/32". I should note that with inset doors I always make them over sized and trim them to the opening. This allows me to account for any out of squareness that may have occurred. It also gives me a better change of nailing a consistent gap. It's too bad this awful cherry is so blotchy .... it distracts me when i should be folding laundry. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted November 14, 2021 Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 Those look great, Drew! Good save on the mis-measure width. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted November 15, 2021 Report Share Posted November 15, 2021 On 11/14/2021 at 12:20 PM, Chestnut said: It's too bad this awful cherry is so blotchy .... it distracts me when i should be folding laundry. Wear a ball cap, the visor will keep your eyes looking down toward the task. They do look nice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted November 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2021 15 hours ago, wtnhighlander said: Those look great, Drew! Good save on the mis-measure width. I have to give credit to Gee-Dub. I remembered his posts about gluing 1/16" thick material on QS oak or sepele on table legs to get the QS look on all faces. I figured if that thin of material will disappear on a table leg it should disappear on the edge of a door. 13 hours ago, Chet said: Wear a ball cap, the visor will keep your eyes looking down toward the task. The trouble here is the folding table top is full of figure as well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradpotts Posted November 16, 2021 Report Share Posted November 16, 2021 They turned out great! Nice and clean look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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