Thread: Ceylon satinwood burl and satinwood veneer?

Does it have to be that satinwood or can it be another light timber? I'm thinking a pale Mango, Jacaranda or Silver Ash may be more available, especially with a fiddle grain

Originally Posted by dai sensei

Does it have to be that satinwood or can it be another light timber? I'm thinking a pale Mango, Jacaranda or Silver Ash may be more available, especially with a fiddle grain

In an ideal world i'd vastly prefer ceylon satinwood, or west indies satinwood, as i already have a few plainer boards of each, though if there's another reasonably hard, pale timber with a lot of glow/chatoyance i'd be open to it.

Next question, how much do you want, sizes etc?

Ah, the impossible question!

Though i don't have firm dimensions decided upon just yet, i'm wanting to use it for resawing into veneer to cover part of a desk top about 120cmx60cm or so, using the really highly figured material as a smaller panel surrounded by plainer more regular veneers.

I should get around 7 sawn veneers to 2.5cm of thickness, so perhaps a piece around 10-20cm long x 5-10cm wide and 4-6cm thick? Anything more than that would be a bonus, and i could also work with multiple smaller pieces.