HOLY CRAP!Bell Forest shows that they have the sizes you're looking for in stock, but you'll need to call to see if they have enough:
Osage Orange (Argentine) Exotic Wood Blanks & Turning Wood | Bell Forest Products
Osage Orange (Argentine) Wood Blanks, Osage Orange (Argentine) Turning Blanks, hobby wood and instrument wood. Buy Exotic Wood, Birdseye Maple and Curly Maple (Tiger Maple) direct from Bell Forest Productswww.bellforestproducts.com
6 of 1½" x 1½" x 24" is 2.25bf. $96 before shipping is $42.66/bf. Yikes! Maybe you can buy 3bf of the 8/4 that's listed under the "lumber" tab for $20/bf?HOLY CRAP!
6 pieces of 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 24" osage orange with shipping $116.54!!
Not sure if I am just cheap or out of touch!!
Hey Hank - it’s called inflation. 7% government inflation figure is crap. It’s WAY more than that.HOLY CRAP!
6 pieces of 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 24" osage orange with shipping $116.54!!
Not sure if I am just cheap or out of touch!!
Thanks Kevin, but making a chisel handle with 3/8" thick material will not work...Not to high jack this thread but....Gabon Ebony....
try some instrument makers/suppliers... fret boards
Gaboon Ebony Fretboard [EB_FB_GABOON] - $24.99 : RC Tonewoods, Domestic, Exotic Tonewoods and Luthier Supply
RC Tonewoods Gaboon Ebony Fretboard [EB_FB_GABOON] - Gaboon Ebony Fretboard with the trademark "blonde" coloring. Approximate Dimensions: 21" x 2 7/8" x .360" + or - As always with Gaboon ebony, expect varying amounts of the light coloring.rctonewoods.com
Do the math - that’s exactly $160 a BF.Not to high jack this thread but....Gabon Ebony....
try some instrument makers/suppliers... fret boards
Gaboon Ebony Fretboard [EB_FB_GABOON] - $24.99 : RC Tonewoods, Domestic, Exotic Tonewoods and Luthier Supply
RC Tonewoods Gaboon Ebony Fretboard [EB_FB_GABOON] - Gaboon Ebony Fretboard with the trademark "blonde" coloring. Approximate Dimensions: 21" x 2 7/8" x .360" + or - As always with Gaboon ebony, expect varying amounts of the light coloring.rctonewoods.com
Hank, there is a guy up in Roseville that was selling mallets turned out of osage orange. I saw this in the Raleigh Craigslist. He also sells tools and sharpens saws.
Roy G
I've bought a couple of odds and ends from him. The stuff I got was nice and very reasonable, he puts care into what he makes.
Still have the stuff you saw and can sent it. Plus some more after we dry out a bit. It will fit in a flat rate box.Yes I asked Chris Black if he had any more but he only has a little bit left for his mallets
he’s gonna ask his arborist when he has more but it’ll be wet, it won’t be dry
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