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11th November 2011, 04:31 PM #1New Member
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Can anybody Identify this Wood?
Hello there, Can anyone identify this wood, I bought it from a cabinet maker,and he said it was from new guinea,but he didn't know exactly what it was---any info regarding where i can go (site wise) to help identify certain wood species would be appreciated,
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12th November 2011, 02:19 PM #2
Could be New Guinea Walnut, nice bit of figure. Here is a bit of a list of woods that come out of PNG, that may be a place to start.
Kwila
Taun
Malas
PNG rosewood
New Guinea Walnut
Vitex
Hekakora
Jim
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12th November 2011, 03:11 PM #3Cliff.
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12th November 2011, 07:47 PM #4Retired
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I will go with new guinea walnut it sure looks like walnut, nice bit of timber you scored there.
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12th November 2011, 11:08 PM #5New Member
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Thanks to Jim,Cliff rogers, and woodturner777, but the link that cliff sent with quarter figured paldao is what I'v got no doubts about it....so cheers again to all who replied..special thanks to cliff.Now the only question is will it go well as a tone wood???
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21st November 2011, 06:07 AM #6
Ultimately the only way to find out is to build an instrument. I have seen extraordinary instruments built out of supposedly average tonewood and visa versa. A quick test is to hold the piece of timber one third from the top and rap it with your knuckle. If it goes "boooiinnggggg....." its a good start. If it goes "thuk" you may want to see what else is in your stash.
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25th November 2011, 11:27 PM #7Member
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Is it extremely hard, like say Gidgee? I picked some fretboard blanks from the working with wood show in Brizvegas last year, they called it New Guinea Ebony, it looked exactly like that. I made a couple fretboards out of it and it was pretty darn good, Cheers Paul.
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