Got wood?

[robert.]

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,

It’s iron wood from Brazil

[healey36]

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.

Oak furniture can be nice, especially some of the mission-style stuff, but it weighs a freakin' ton.

[healey36]

It’s iron wood from Brazil

You and Greg called it. One wonders how long a wood driveway holds up. Picture has a southern California look about it, so probably quite awhile.

[gregj410]

Quite a long time in Ipe’. That looks freshly cleaned and maybe sealed which has to be done with some frequency to maintain that look. Otherwise it will turn gray. Then again if you can afford a wood driveway, maintenance shouldn’t be an issue.

We had a small porch of Ipe on the house for a while. You could power wash it and other than going from gray back to its natural appearance it was unaffected by the pressure from the power washer.

When we re did the porch I took the steps which were also Ipe and put them on one of the chicken coops. I’ll have to see how they’re holding up and report back.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Oak furniture can be nice, especially some of the prairie-style stuff, but it weighs a freakin' ton.

Walnut and Cherry are no lightweights either,

But the only wood that I cut now is for in the fireplace. Whatever trees are being taken down in the neighborhood that I can scavenge.

[gregj410]

Surprisingly not as gray as I thought. Maybe not as much sun exposure back there. You can see where I scraped on the lower step to expose the newer wood. Doesn’t scrape very well.

[healey36]

That's some nice work for stair treads on a chicken coop...

[gregj410]

That's some nice work for stair treads on a chicken coop...

Thanks but they were house steps before they were coop steps

Interestingly enough the returns have almost never come loose. There is a spline in there and it’s clamped on with epoxy as the adhesive. To my knowledge you can only bond Ipe together with epoxy. The oil in the wood will cause bonding issues with PVA type adhesives.

[robert.]

That's some nice work for stair treads on a chicken coop...

Thanks but they were house steps before they were coop steps

Interestingly enough the returns have almost never come loose. There is a spline in there and it’s clamped on with epoxy as the adhesive. To my knowledge you can only bond Ipe together with epoxy. The oil in the wood will cause bonding issues with PVA type adhesives.

If you look. You may see that it is pinned together.

[gregj410]

That's some nice work for stair treads on a chicken coop...

Thanks but they were house steps before they were coop steps

Interestingly enough the returns have almost never come loose. There is a spline in there and it’s clamped on with epoxy as the adhesive. To my knowledge you can only bond Ipe together with epoxy. The oil in the wood will cause bonding issues with PVA type adhesives.

If you look. You may see that it is pinned together.

No pins or nails. I built them. That’s always been a pet peeve of mine with returns on stairs. Ive seen guys drive 3 10d finish nails to hold on a return. Even finished properly at best it looks .....meh

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I hate seeing finishing nails.

A lot of what I've built was mortised together and pinned with hardwood covered with face grain plugs. I did leave the brass screw heads visible on some mission style stuff that I've built.

[gregj410]

I hate seeing finishing nails.

A lot of what I've built was mortised together and pinned with hardwood covered with face grain plugs. I did leave the brass screw heads visible on some mission style stuff that I've built.

Agreed. It looks much better when it’s intentional as your brass screws. And I’m sure you made the screw slots all vertical or all horizontal

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[gregj410]

Flooring I did on a bridge in a house in St Michael’s. Fun project. Wish they were all like that.

[sleepmac]

Greg, beautiful work.

Dan Weinhold