Got wood?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[rogruth]

A horse or a dragon head? Interesting.
My guess is that it is a composite and not made from a single piece of wood.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

A horse or a dragon head? Interesting.

Err..........yes!

My guess is that it is a composite and not made from a single piece of wood.

Yes, made up from pieces of driftwood

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Spectacular expression of inspired imagination and creativity . I'll bet the person who crafted that would be a very interesting soul to get to know.

[healey36]

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Wow! What kind of wood is that that could be used all through the driveway??? Some sort of teak?

[healey36]

Teak would be a good choice, but you'd have every enviro-nutter worth their salt kicking your front door down. The grain looks too wavy to be teak...maybe eucalyptus, although that has a rep for being brittle and unstable.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Teak would be a good choice, but you'd have every enviro-nutter worth their salt kicking your front door down. The grain looks too wavy to be teak...maybe eucalyptus, although that has a rep for being brittle and unstable.

It's some sort of "exotic" and not teak, correct - coloration and grain are off. I know nothing about eucalyptus. Nothing with the photo?

Only wood that I think would stand up to such use might be black locust,

[gregj410]

Ipe’ is the street name or Brazilian Walnut. Incredibly hard, throw it in the water and it will sink to the bottom. I’ve occasionally heard it termed as ironwood. Probably nearly the highest density on the Janka scale

[healey36]

Only wood that I think would stand up to such use might be black locust,

If built using locust, I'd like to have the sawblade concession on that project.

I'm not familiar with walnut from Brazil, but I've built a few things using local walnut. A good dense wood, but not as hard as aged locust, for sure.

Cypress might be a good choice. It holds up extremely well in damp weather, but I'm unsure of its density and ability to withstand wear and tear. I have a birdhouse I built out of cypress some forty years ago...still looks like the day I cut the plank.

[healey36]

Here's a corner cabinet the The Old Man and I built some 30 years ago for my wife:



Built of local black walnut sawed at a mill just down the road. Learned a lot while making stuff using hardwoods, first and foremost how hard it was on the equipment. For example, we had a small thickness planer to take the planks down...spent more time sharpening the cutters than shoving boards through.

A few years after he died, I had to make a new door. The mullions in the first one started to fall apart from shrinkage, probably because it gets so damn dry in the house. When I made the new door I effed it up a bit because I failed to take into account the shelf positions. The Old Man had carefully designed his door so that the mullions neatly lined up with the shelves...I failed to do that, so now you can see the shelf edges behind the door. The good news is that it's been nearly 20 years and the new door hasn't popped apart (yet). Most people probably would not notice it, but it bugs the crap out of me every time I look at it.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Only wood that I think would stand up to such use might be black locust,

If built using locust, I'd like to have the sawblade concession on that project.

Locust is brutally hard; kills a chain saw chain in about a day. Had to file the 30" blade regularly when we used that for cutting wood.

We used to get boards cut to go over wells; my sheds are locust post built by my grandfather - better than any pressure treated.

Here's a corner cabinet the The Old Man and I built some 30 years ago for my wife:

Nice looking - not too big either. I've not built any furniture for a long time.....

[healey36]

Nice looking - not too big either. I've not built any furniture for a long time.....

She's short, just a shade over five foot, so we drew a plan for one about 20% smaller than one of the monsters in Nutting's furniture book.

Yeah, I think my cabinet-making days are behind me too, primarily because (1) I no longer have a decent shop to work in, and (2) I've no space left to put anything I might make. That said, if I was going to build anything else, I'd like to take a crack at a Philadelphia lowboy. Been sitting on a set of plans for one of those for a long time.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I'd like to take a crack at a Philadelphia lowboy.

I've got more of an interest in Stickley and quarter sawn oak stuff. Probably not ever going to happen until I really retire and reclaim my shop. But, there's no room in the house for any more furniture, anyway.