davepolaschek

I stabilized another batch of wood Christmas weekend of 2018. It included: butternut, salt cedar, cherry, citrus, spalted elm, eucalyptus, hackberry, ipe, African mahogany, hard maple, spalted maple, white oak, pear, and walnut.

I made a list, so I wouldn't forget. Especially before sanding off the excess cactus juice, it can be hard to tell what's what.

And here they are:

Butternut through ipe in the first photo, and ipe through walnut in the second. No huge surprises. Ipe remains hard and hard to work when stabilized. The eucalyptus I got from AZWoody is very pretty, as is the spalted maple I got from HokieKen. Butternut remains a favorite. Mahogany (khaya) and pear will both probably find their way into future projects.

Next up, dyeing and pore-filling. Oak and khaya are both interesting to me, especially if I get cool colors. And the citrus isn't quite as yellow as I'd hoped, but I'll keep playing with that.

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