What is your two favorite timbers?

[SDB777]

Was curious to find out what the two favorite types of timber to be mated to one another are here?

Example....Yellow Cedar/Eastern Red Cedar



Scalloped, simple straight pieces...doesn't matter! What do you like to put together.....give me some ideas!!!!!






Scott (have some fun with it) B

 

[mikespenturningz]

Madrone Burl / Blood Wood

 

[ossaguy]

My favorite is using these guitar neck scraps that already have some pretty combos of maple/koa & maple/walnut.It's fun to cut the thin ones up,and try gluing up different combos to get a pattern.

Lately,I like gluing in some flat pieces of Ebony in between,for a real contrast.


Steve

 

[firewhatfire]

holly and african blackwood
I dont know why I have not tried it but I am gonna do some mexican red heart and african black wood.

 

[BSea]

I'm thinking of doing a maple, redheart, & African Blackwood pen. Also, paduk, & African Blackwood. Maple redheart look good together too.

Something more common to use for Blackwood might be Walnut.

I did a Blackwood & red heart pen. It wasn't as dramatic as I'd hoped. If you do that, be sure to use some thin aluminum to separate the segments.

 

[Fatdawg]

I do a lot of cabinets and hope chests in walnut trimmed with cherry.

 

[walshjp17]

At the moment it is IBO* with accents of Cherry and Holly - imagine a freshly poured glass of Guinness. Mmmmmm, Guinness.:hypnotized:


* Irish Bog Oak

 

[Band Saw Box]

Paduck and ash or maple.

 

[NittanyLion]

Cocobolo and Cocobolo

 

[Russknan]

+1 on the holly and African blackwood. I've made a number of wedding sets using Designer kits. Holly over bw on one, then bw over holly for the other. Bride & groom effect. Russ

 

[markgum]

how about Free and pretty. I know someone had to give a smarta#### answer..
Hackberry and Hickory

 

[SDB777]

how about Free and pretty. I know someone had to give a smarta#### answer..
Hackberry and Hickory

AWESOME!!!!

That is funny, no matter where/who you are!!!



Few good ideas for me to tell the wife....anymore?










Scott (black/white seems to be a constant) B

 

[Brooks803]

Lignum vitae and African blackwood

 

[joefrog]

Cocobolo and maple, maple and purpleheart.

 

[plantman]

My two favorits woods are softwood and hardwood!! Any dark wood with ivory or holly rings. any lighter woods with ebony accents. Never found a wood I didn't like, except **** elm. Jim S

 

[GoodTurns]

amboyna burl and ebony