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Chris Ensor
PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 2:57 pm 
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I got this piece from Jerry at hibdon hardwoods recently. Wow, I sure do love cocobolo.

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Scott A
PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 4:18 pm 
I picked up this Eastern Red Cedar...free bliss
I'm not sure what to do with it tho


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Clinchriver
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Left to right (Macacauba- Curatinge Rosewood), Honduran Rosewood, Texas ebony
Jefferies Hardwoods in Knoxville has some very nice wood. John Arnold gave me a heads up on the Macacauba & Texas ebony


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ernie
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You could rip tenn cedar into lining/kerfing stock watch for knots.
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SteveSmith
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Our local red ceder is a bit brittle, not my first choice for linings. I have seen guitars made of it but have not tried it myself. I have burned a bunch of it in my wood stove though ;)

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joe white
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I just got two claro walnut uke sets (pic below) I plan to build my Dad and I a matching pair using the Lake Superior sinker red cedar top sets I got from Paul Woolson last year.

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How's this?


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Not super recent, but I have a couple of large planks of mesquite that I'm pondering using for the build challenge. I just need to decide what to make from them and if I can work it in to my schedule.

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Got this nice B &S set of birdseye from Oregon Wild Wood during their black friday sale.


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Its OK I guess... ;) BRW?

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Don Williams
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Well, it could be...but then it could be cocobolo or something else. Can't say for sure.

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Jim_H wrote:
Not super recent, but I have a couple of large planks of mesquite that I'm pondering using for the build challenge. I just need to decide what to make from them and if I can work it in to my schedule.

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Perfect fo a couple of flying v's!
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Just scored these today off a Craigslist listing. Two 5/4 Ziricote boards 9.5" wide 36" long, and one Cocobolo board planed to 4/4 8" wide by 61" long. I'm pretty pumped about them since I got a great deal on them.


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Scored this Cuban Mahogany from another member of the North Texas Luthiers Interactive. As the story goes, this stuff has been seasoning since around 1930. A cabinet maker left a stash of this stuff to his son, and his son kept it until he recently retired when he sold it to Phil, the guy who sold it to me. Beautiful stuff. He also gave me enough to do 2 necks with.. I hope. :)

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Nothing too elaborate for me. I did find a good deal on a 12' x 8 1/4" x 1.5" piece of poplar. It'll get me about 4 bodies for drop top electrics.
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Not much, just some African Blackwood:
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It's mostly slab sawn backer board crap, but a few boards show a little promise:
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verhoevenc wrote:
Amateurs... beehive
Got this today: 36x3x1.5" Curly Mac Ebony- $70 bliss
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Well I just posted a new topic before I saw this or would have posted here.....I think I will post here anyway! bliss


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Darrin D Oilar
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Here's my latest: black walnut, 3 1/2" thick, 11 1/2" wide, 94" long, pretty well quartered and free. :-)


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Good morning gang; I'm going to jump in on Chris' thread with a wood I need help identifing. I t is a recent score from a friend who purchased the wood from the estate of Rude Osolnik. (AMAZING wood, pre blight chestnut, mahogany etc. etc.) It is at least from the 70's. It has no identifiable smell.


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Good morning gang; I'm going to jump in on Chris' thread with a wood I need help identifing. I t is a recent score from a friend who purchased the wood from the estate of Rude Osolnik. (AMAZING wood, pre blight chestnut, mahogany etc. etc.) It is at least from the 70's. It has no identifiable smell.


Looks a lot like pau ferro, morado to me.

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I just got this big quartered chunk of Mac Eb off of FeeBay for $80. Measures 1 1/2" x 7 1/2" x 20". Planning on using it for new totes for my hand planes. Not sure what i could use it for on a guitar.
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Clinchriver wrote:
Left to right (Macacauba- Curatinge Rosewood), Honduran Rosewood, Texas ebony
Jefferies Hardwoods in Knoxville has some very nice wood. John Arnold gave me a heads up on the Macacauba & Texas ebony


I need to make a visit to Jeffries soon..they have Honduran rosewood there???
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Mac ebony can be used for all SORTS of stuff on guitars! That looks like the stuff from film4 on eBay. Chances are that is still very wet! I recommend removing the heavy wax and letting it sit for a year per inch of thickness!
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Thanks Chris, and yep, it's from film4! Think I would be ok to go ahead and make some handles for my hand planes or still too risky?
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