Hi All, Thought I would share some of the woods I am currently working with. Besides Mahogany, Oak, Cherry, Beech and Maple, I have a fair amount of other woods.
For some reason these are available in the Islands, Australian Iron Wood, Koa, mango and Monkey Pod, there are others I use Including Iroko, Afrormosia, Paduk, Katalox and Cumaru
I just started cutting and planing for a table(s) using this as the accent Afrormosia(African teak) and Iroko. Mostly because I have a bunch of strips of 1x3-1x4.
The Afromosia is a bit waxy to the touch and it looks kinda on the yellow side until it is oiled or finished then it gets more brown. But, the Iroko is a rich brown with nice graining and cuts and finishes similar to Maple. It's also is roughly the same hardness as Maple. It finishes out to a deep color similar to Black Walnut.
I enclosed a pix with a piece of white Oak for reference. I ll post pixs of the table as soon as it is done
For some reason these are available in the Islands, Australian Iron Wood, Koa, mango and Monkey Pod, there are others I use Including Iroko, Afrormosia, Paduk, Katalox and Cumaru
I just started cutting and planing for a table(s) using this as the accent Afrormosia(African teak) and Iroko. Mostly because I have a bunch of strips of 1x3-1x4.
The Afromosia is a bit waxy to the touch and it looks kinda on the yellow side until it is oiled or finished then it gets more brown. But, the Iroko is a rich brown with nice graining and cuts and finishes similar to Maple. It's also is roughly the same hardness as Maple. It finishes out to a deep color similar to Black Walnut.
I enclosed a pix with a piece of white Oak for reference. I ll post pixs of the table as soon as it is done