Imagine If

On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 08:02:55 -0800, with neither quill nor qualm,
charlie b <[email protected]> quickly quoth:

>Am building Das Lathe Bench for the JET mini/midi.
>Got a 10 foot length of redwood 5x6 for the sled base
>from an arborist/ sawyer friend .
>
>This is NOT the Borg redwood fence post type stuff
>those living in CA are familiar with. This is fairly
>tight grained heartwood. After joining and planing
>I just had to oil a piece to pop the grain. This stuff
>is A-Freakin-Gorre-Jus! Until you pick it up (or
>press your finger nail in it) you'd think it was
>rosewood. Works like mahogany - with both
>power and hand tools. Chops and pairs nicely,

Bbbbut, how does it pare? ;)


>planes and scrapes glass smooth. AND you don't
>need to fill any pores.

My slab of old heart redwood (mantle) is a nice piece like that.
'Twas from the mid Sixties. I had fun removing the RBS from it and
redoing it with Waterlox and wax.


>That got me imagining.
>
>Imagine if
>- redwood were harder

It is. It's called Jarrah and it comes from Oz. ;)


-snip-
>Got more - other than "if hardwoods
>weren't sp expensive"?

...people used hardwood in the color they wanted vs. staining the shit
out of pineywood.

...people used the same care and time with finishing that they did for
wood selection and the production of the piece.


>charlie b
>(who some day will at least do
>a quick project - dirty is out
>of the question)

Yeah, you'll do that the same day I finish the bow saur, huh?
Bwahahahaha!


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