John Keeton
07-15-2009, 9:29 PM
While in Jamaica about 20 years ago, I brought back some mahogany, and a board of this stuff. It was all cut into shorts and stuffed in a trunk. Don't ask about the customs thing;)
The Jamaicans called it cedar, and a lot of their tourist trinkets were made from this wood. It is light in weight, and although it is soft, it seems harder than pine or our eastern red cedar. The grain resembles mahogany, although this section has some sapwood. It appears as though it is wet, but this is what it looked like after a quick pass thru the planer.
I apologize for not making a smooth cut on the endgrain - that would have helped.
The Jamaicans called it cedar, and a lot of their tourist trinkets were made from this wood. It is light in weight, and although it is soft, it seems harder than pine or our eastern red cedar. The grain resembles mahogany, although this section has some sapwood. It appears as though it is wet, but this is what it looked like after a quick pass thru the planer.
I apologize for not making a smooth cut on the endgrain - that would have helped.