SDB777
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Was sent a box of wood blanks from Costa Rica(Harold in CR >>>link to his profile<<<). I would highly recommend contacting him to get some of these great pieces of wood!
All wood types turned easily with sharp tooling. Some tear-out happened when I was a little to aggresive with the gouge, but all was fixed with some light passes on the skew. Only one type had some odor, but I believe that was due to the wood being drilled to fast-drill bit heated up and smoked pretty good....haven't tried a slower appoach.
All wood was taken down to size, thin CA soaked into the wood, sanded to 800grit, EEE, three coats of medium CA, MM to 12,000 and then Plastix polished. Do not blame the finished product on the wood......
Wood types:
#1: Aquacato
#2: Madera Negro
#3: Colo Olo
#4: Ojoche
#5: Taramindo
#6: Pilon
#7: Guana Caste
(Photo doesn't have the wood in this order)
Must admit, my favorite is Aquacato followed cloely by Guana Caste! Do yourself a favor, order some of this stuff before he finds out how valueable it is!!!
Group photo:
Scott (fun times) B
All wood types turned easily with sharp tooling. Some tear-out happened when I was a little to aggresive with the gouge, but all was fixed with some light passes on the skew. Only one type had some odor, but I believe that was due to the wood being drilled to fast-drill bit heated up and smoked pretty good....haven't tried a slower appoach.
All wood was taken down to size, thin CA soaked into the wood, sanded to 800grit, EEE, three coats of medium CA, MM to 12,000 and then Plastix polished. Do not blame the finished product on the wood......
Wood types:
#1: Aquacato
#2: Madera Negro
#3: Colo Olo
#4: Ojoche
#5: Taramindo
#6: Pilon
#7: Guana Caste
(Photo doesn't have the wood in this order)
Must admit, my favorite is Aquacato followed cloely by Guana Caste! Do yourself a favor, order some of this stuff before he finds out how valueable it is!!!
Group photo:
Scott (fun times) B