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22nd February 2007, 02:41 PM #1
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What are your Favourate contrasting Timbers?
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Being in the design phase of a number of different projects I'm working on................ I've been starting to become interested in what timbers tend to go well with each other or present as a match made in heaven.
Are there specific timbers that that have been found to work together well & are traditionally used with each other in fine woodworking?
Whats your favourate Timber combinations?
REgards Lou
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22nd February 2007, 03:02 PM #2
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Silver Ash with one of Jarrah, blackwood, she oak, hairy oak or another dark timber
Spalted Myrtle with pink bloodwood - the pieces I have both have similar shades of pink
ebony with just about anything
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22nd February 2007, 03:50 PM #3
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Being in Texas and having trouble accessing all those wonderful Aussie hardwoods, I'm partial to plain old Walnut and Maple.
Something like this pizza paddle I made a few years ago:
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22nd February 2007, 04:14 PM #4
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Maple and Black Cherry
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22nd February 2007, 04:31 PM #5
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I like most light woods against either Jarrah or Tassie Blackwood. I was visiting my parents (in Cape Town) this past week and was reminded of a box I made for my mum a few years ago.
Jarrah and Campher.
I particularly like the starkness of the pins against the tails at the ends.
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22nd February 2007, 04:39 PM #6
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Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard, oh lord, why dont we?
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We learn to live, we learn to give
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22nd February 2007, 04:41 PM #7
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22nd February 2007, 04:54 PM #8
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Silver Ash and almost anything else:
Jarrah, Kwila, Silky Oak, Qld Walnut, Qld Maple.
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22nd February 2007, 05:03 PM #9
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River Red Gum or Jarrah with Hoop Pine or Huon Pine.
Basically any timber that is dark with timber that is pale and finely featured.Ours is not to reason why.....only to point and giggle.
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22nd February 2007, 05:31 PM #10
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Wow
Some great ideas and combinations here. I must admit too I really love combinations that contrast like:
Tas Myrtle & huon pine
Silver ASh & Queensland MAple
Maple & Walnut
Mulga & Sheoak
Very nice indeed
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22nd February 2007, 08:20 PM #11
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22nd February 2007, 08:52 PM #12
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osage orange and purpleheart.
nice box derek
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22nd February 2007, 09:30 PM #13
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Silver quongdon and rosewood go well together
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22nd February 2007, 09:37 PM #14
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Bleedin' Thumb, Originally Posted by Bleedin Thumb
Speaking of contrasts, you managed to get Paul Mc and Nick Cave into one post..... scary."Look out! Mum's in the shed and she's got a hammer!"
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22nd February 2007, 10:02 PM #15
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A good, aged Redgum and Pittosporum would have to be my most used combo...
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