Some cool wood

[wolftat]

This is a first for me, I got a call from a customer that lives on a private island. He has a bridge going out to the island and is replacing the surface of it and asked if I could make a couple of pens out of the old decking. Never turning down a challenge, I went out to pick up some of the wood today and was really nicely suprised, it was 3.5" thick, 12" wide Ipe and he has a bunch of it for me to use, he also wants a platter made out of one of the pieces. I took half a truck load back to the shop today of it.

 

[bitshird]

Neil Ipe is fun to turn, I wouldn't want to try and nail some together, but it turns really nice.

 

[Dalecamino]

Yet another windfall ? Ipe is nice stuff.

 

[ericw95]

Those are going to be some HUGE pens and platter LOL.

If you are not following, he took a half truck load of wood to make a pen and platter.

OR - figment of his imagination due to no photographic evidence.

 

[Fred]

Great 'gift' of some excellent wood. Glad to hear that some of it will get a second life.

Now get busy, empty the truck, and go get the rest of it before someone else beats you to it.

 

[NewLondon88]

Great 'gift' of some excellent wood. Glad to hear that some of it will get a second life.

Now get busy, empty the truck, and go get the rest of it before someone else beats you to it.

Naaah.. no worries. Nobody can get there. Neil took the first half of
the bridge..