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5th April 2019, 06:13 AM #1SENIOR MEMBER
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Dovetails
Some dovetail action [emoji4]
Sides are London plane or something, top unknown and bottom purple heart.
Cheers
Jacques
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5th April 2019, 07:42 AM #2GOLD MEMBER
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Very nice boxes. Musta been a bit hard to find purple heart over there in NZ. I just had 7 weeks over there and didn't really come across any woodwork at all, cept the occasional weekend markets.
Paul
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5th April 2019, 07:46 AM #3SENIOR MEMBER
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You should have visited me Paul [emoji16].
The purple heart I have is from offcuts I got from a builder who used it for a deck install, go figure, who puts in a purple heart deck?
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5th April 2019, 01:08 PM #4
Nice neat dovetails and the top panel looks really nice.
I'm with Paul, when I was over there I only saw one place selling timber products that were not mass produced. I thought for such a beautiful country woodwork would be a common pastime, but alas it doesn't seem to be. Maybe we just went to the wrong places and needed better local knowledge.Dallas
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5th April 2019, 01:21 PM #5
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5th April 2019, 04:59 PM #6SENIOR MEMBER
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Lovely piece of timber you have used for the lid. Everything looks nice and crisp.
Alan...
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A very well made and attractive box.
Regards
Keith
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15th April 2019, 06:42 AM #10
Absolutely correct. The trees grow near river banks in central America and the timber is prized for it's resistance to rot. Of course, untreated and left outside, it won't be purple for more than a week or so before it reverts back to brown. Still, it is a dense, heavy hardwood with good wear characteristics.
When all is said and done, there is usually a whole lot more said than done.
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