What species is the medium brown color wood next to the purple heart?
It is thermically modified mahoghany I picked up recently while visiting my family in New Brunswick Canada at a company called Thermalwood.
That’s very niceI just used roasted oak in this Xmas gift project.
I originally laminated the 1/2” lid using walnut but just didn’t like the look.
For the second attempt I used a single piece of Cherry, dyed dark with a water based dye.
I liked the look and initially all was good. After a few days the lid developed a twist.
I used roasted oak from this supplier near my house for my third try.
I bought 4/4 and planed it to 1/2”.
Used a finish of mineral spirts, BLO, and satin spar varnish on the lid and you can see the results.
Very pleased with the roasted product.
Thanks, haven’t heard of that site before
The company I used to work for uses a lot of thermally treated wood in mostly outdoor architectural applications. It loses its color very fast when subjected to sunlight. Doesn’t affect the structural integrity of the wood at all, but when subjected to sunlight, it will go from the nice coco brown color to grey very fast. Caused some issues with clients who weren’t happy with the color change. Now they have an aged sample to show clients what it will look like with time. The plus side of thermally treated lumber is its very rot and bug resistant.
Yes. Most of what I will make with it will stay inside. Boards, wine glass holders & frames. I buy small remnants when I go up there. I have enough of this and other regular exotic woods to last me a while.
If anyone tells me I have too many clamps , I laugh.Tip of the day is to have way more clamps than you think.
Was cutting a piece of ply finished on both sides for a cabinet only to have the ply to split in 3 different places the one at the end over the whole width about a foot in from the top.
I know right
That seems to happen a lot with the pre-finished plywood. It may be my imagination, but I think the maple is manufactured to a little higher standard than the birch. It certainly seems like I run into fewer voids or delamination with the maple than the birch.Tip of the day is to have way more clamps than you think.
Was cutting a piece of ply finished on both sides for a cabinet only to have the ply to split in 3 different places the one at the end over the whole width about a foot in from the top.
That is too cool.For oldest grandson who has taken an interest in such things, a scale medieval Trebuchet. I limited the mass dropped so it doesn’t put too much energy into the throw; maybe it should have been even less because - well - boys are boys. It throws a soccer ball 30 feet - 10 metres.
Maple and Jatoba, with Caunauba polishing.
And speaking of clamps - yea, I’m not too happy with the joinery at the base. It had to break down for a large suitcase and, well, I didn’t have any clamps here!
