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12th April 2010, 01:25 PM #1
Rosewood
I have some 1" by 15" strips of what I believe is Rosewood. They are offcuts used in making furniture. It has a pleasant aromatic smell. Just after an opinion here but is it a good timber to turn? It has a bit of an open grain structure but not sure how well these timbers take a finish.
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12th April 2010, 01:44 PM #2Hewer of wood
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Tiger, there are a number of varieties of Rosewood or of timbers that are labelled so.
I've turned a bit of Qld Rosewood which was somewhat open grained, darkish red/brown in colour and took a good finish.
And a bit of New Guinea Rosewood which was finer grained, dark apricot in colour and also took a good finish.
The finishes were Rustin's Danish Oil.Cheers, Ern
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13th April 2010, 09:32 AM #3
Thanks Ern. Not sure what type of Rosewood mine is but it sounds ok as a turning wood from your experience.
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13th April 2010, 01:39 PM #4Hewer of wood
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Whatever species of Rosewood it is, it should work better than 'dunno wood' off a nature strip.
Have fun with it.Cheers, Ern
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