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Bloodwood – Set of 8

Wood_Pens — Sat, 06 Aug 2022 20:40:16 +0000

My favorite piece is the 13" platter. Granted, the color is weak but the sheer size and the interesting pattern make the piece striking nonetheless. It is rare to find Bloodwood in such a large dimension so thank you to the folks at Tropical Exotic Hardwoods of San Diego for sourcing this piece. The blank was heavily checked when I bought it but almost all of that was cut out in the rounding process and in cutting the reverse. It is a good example of why we shouldn't reject a checked blank on principle without considering how we might eliminate such defects in the turning process.

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Redheart Dish

Wood_Pens — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 19:57:45 +0000

This Redheart blank doesn't have the vibrant watermelon red color that you sometimes find in Redheart but it does have an interesting half and half color pattern that makes me wonder if there isn't a good deal of sapwood included in this blank.

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Argentine Osage Orange Bowls – Set of 10

Wood_Pens — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 00:05:24 +0000

As I noted before, and as is true of American Osage Orange, which is very closely related, Argentine Osage Orange turns nicely. It doesn't cut as cleanly as the American version but it isn't terrible either.

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Ziricote

Wood_Pens — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 19:41:08 +0000

Ziricote cut cleanly and required only minimal clean up sanding, which was a good thing since the high oil content causes traditional sandpaper to quickly load and become useless. Situations like this are where Abranet is very helpful.

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Two Verawood Dishes

Wood_Pens — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 16:36:22 +0000

I've worked with Verawood (and Argentine Lignum Vitae as well which is closely related) in the past so I won't repeat that information here. My personal experiences with this wood remain consistent and I would be happy to work with it again, preferably in a larger format.

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Brazil Lacewood

Wood_Pens — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 01:37:38 +0000

These are very small pieces of Brazil Lacewood measuring 3.75" x 2" and 3.5" x 2". In general, I don't like messing about with pieces this small, but I had them in stock so I went ahead and turned them anyway. They would be good for TV time snacks I think.

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Guatemalan Mora

Wood_Pens — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 21:54:13 +0000

Geographic Distribution: The wood commonly known as Guatemalan Mora is of uncertain heritage and it’s botanical name is disputed. It is possible that Guatemalan Mora is a member of the Inga genus. It is important to note at this point that there is another wood known as Mora, which more specifically is Mora excelsa. The existence of this species is why it is important to note the Mora I worked with as Guatemalan Mora, which as the name implies, comes from Guatemala. M. excelsa comes from northern South America, mainly Guyana and Suriname and it is rarely imported to the

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Seven New Honduran Rosewood

Wood_Pens — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 02:30:45 +0000

I found the most notable feature of this set of seven Honduran Rosewood bowls to be the wide color variability demonstrated from bowl to bowl. Several of the bowls are almost a plain brown, perhaps a pale mauve at best and yet some of the other pieces are a deep reddish purple. Regardless of the color of the wood the turning process and experience was the same. I had a very hard time cutting the blanks round on the bandsaw since Honduran Rosewood is so hard and I am somewhat grateful that I am done with that part of the process.

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Five New Bocote Bowls

Wood_Pens — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 16:30:32 +0000

This set of 5 bowls in the largest single batch of Bocote that I have worked with and I was quite pleased with it. Bocote continues to be easy to turn and easy to clean up and prepare for the final finish. I continued to use Abranet screens for the minimal sanding required because this highly oily wood gums up regular sandpaper in a matter of seconds.

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Chakte Viga

Wood_Pens — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 00:05:57 +0000

The orange color is pronounced and my shop looked like someone had shaken out a giant bag of Cheetos. The color is also highly variable and one piece of Chakte Viga might have colors from bright reddish orange to white side by side.

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