redfishsc
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Found this wood as dunnage at a local hardwood flooring supplier (always bag some goodies when I go by there).
Anyhow, I noticed this one that was all filthy and black on the outside and just knew that it was the "beauty inside that counts".
Better believe it!
So what is this stuff? Nobody there knew. It could have come from a pallet from South America, Australia, or anywhere in the world, as they sell everything from tigerwood to australian cypress to "kuaru".
Anyhow, the last pic is a close-up. Notice the little flecks in it. But it's like this on *every* side, so it's not a quarter-sawn effect like oak and lacewood.
Was about as heavy as oak or maple, and about that hardness.
Smelled like moldy wood when I kissed it on the jointer so smell was no help.
Sorry about the dirty cardboard background. Was either that or dirty concrete as a background.
Anyhow, I noticed this one that was all filthy and black on the outside and just knew that it was the "beauty inside that counts".
Better believe it!
So what is this stuff? Nobody there knew. It could have come from a pallet from South America, Australia, or anywhere in the world, as they sell everything from tigerwood to australian cypress to "kuaru".
Anyhow, the last pic is a close-up. Notice the little flecks in it. But it's like this on *every* side, so it's not a quarter-sawn effect like oak and lacewood.
Was about as heavy as oak or maple, and about that hardness.
Smelled like moldy wood when I kissed it on the jointer so smell was no help.
Sorry about the dirty cardboard background. Was either that or dirty concrete as a background.