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Author: | ozziebluesman [ Thu Jan 01, 2009 1:00 am ] |
Post subject: | Rosewood Information Needed |
Hi everyone and Happy New Year! The past few weeks I have been building a concert ukulele using Indian Rosewood. As I am a beginner builder this is the first time working with Indian Rosewood. It is easy to bend and work with but boy it is dirty and dusty. Not the greatest smell either!! My question is I have a set of Cocobolo and a set of Palo Escrito Rosewood and wondered are these dirty and dusty to work with also? I'm aware that cocobolo can give an alergic reactions to some people while working with it. I would be interested in some thoughts from those of you experienced using these woods. Cheers Alan |
Author: | Mattia Valente [ Thu Jan 01, 2009 4:52 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Rosewood Information Needed |
Define 'dirty' and 'dusty' for me here...I mean, Padauk just makes your shop orange, but I haven't found rosewood (East Indian) to be all that unique in terms of mess I can make with it. It's easy to work, smells reasonably nice (I think). Cocobolo dust is nastier and - in my limited experience - stickier, because the wood seems to be oilier than EIR. |
Author: | Michael Dale Payne [ Thu Jan 01, 2009 10:56 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Rosewood Information Needed |
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Author: | jmanter [ Thu Jan 01, 2009 11:37 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Rosewood Information Needed |
the nastiest sawdust i have ever generated is ebony........ |
Author: | Ken Franklin [ Thu Jan 01, 2009 11:48 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Rosewood Information Needed |
Cocobolo is quite messy and oily but palo escrito is much less so, and has wonderful sonic properties. |
Author: | Mike Collins [ Fri Jan 02, 2009 5:52 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Rosewood Information Needed |
Palo Escrito (writting wood)will not give you troubles with gluing ,dust ,etc! But it can be brittle when bending! Especially if your sides are not quartered sawn . I'd use it if you have a nice set-and the worries of the other woods. MIke |
Author: | Ricardo [ Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:29 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Rosewood Information Needed |
Alan, I've built two ukuleles using cocobolo and without a doubt they are the best sounding ukes I've made. |
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