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| Author: | Ken Nagy [ Sun Sep 29, 2024 3:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Wood ID |
Started cleaning up, and found some wood. Can't remember what it was, it was just a chance find at the new Rockler store; right around the corner in the mall from the last one. It was a fairly narrow board, but I got ribs for 1 besides these 2 backs. I just measured it at .82 sg. I think that rules out Sapele. It's fairly hard stuff. I thought it started with s, c, or g. Hah. I don't know what it is. I thought that I took pictures of all the stuff I had re sawn, and thicknessed at the mill, and posted it on OLF, but I couldn't find it. Attachment: IMG_1963.jpg Attachment: IMG_1964.jpg
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| Author: | Michaeldc [ Sun Sep 29, 2024 5:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wood ID |
Sapele |
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| Author: | John Arnold [ Sun Sep 29, 2024 6:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wood ID |
Could be andiroba, AKA royal mahogany. Sent from my SM-G950U1 using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | phavriluk [ Sun Sep 29, 2024 10:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wood ID |
Nice to know, but does it matter? It's going to turn into a guitar no matter what we call it. |
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| Author: | J De Rocher [ Sun Sep 29, 2024 10:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wood ID |
phavriluk wrote: Nice to know, but does it matter? It's going to turn into a guitar no matter what we call it. I kind of agree, but if I'm building an instrument for someone else and they ask what wood was used, I don't want to have to shrug my shoulders and say I don't know. On the other hand if I had ninja Marketing Skills, maybe I could name it Mystery Wood™ and add an upcharge. |
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| Author: | John Arnold [ Mon Sep 30, 2024 11:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wood ID |
Andiroba has a very disagreeable odor, nothing like Honduran mahogany. It is one of the densest mahogany look-alikes I have encountered. The 'royal mahogany' tag probably originated from the flooring industry. |
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| Author: | Ken Nagy [ Mon Sep 30, 2024 12:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wood ID |
Well John, it isn't that. This stuff has a nice exotic wood smell, spicy? Cinnamon? That is just the wood; I didn't sand, or file, or cut it. I bought some Royal Ebony one time that was nice. Half almost black, half creamy. It think it was really some kind of Katalox. I like Katalox. Being harder, it might be good on a classical for more trebles? |
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