Eric DeSilva
04-19-2010, 10:24 AM
Anyone played with this stuff? I was out at Northland Forest Products to pick up some stock for a project, and this stuff really stood out from the other piles. Virtually no knots, nice, uniform pink color. Dead straight, no cups or bows. And 100% FSC certified.
The guy there called it the poor man's mahogany and said it stains and works really nice. I picked up a 10' piece of 5/4, maybe 8" wide. The best part? The 5/4 was $4.50/bd ft. Given how nicely it was rough sawn (almost looked like S2S) and the lack of bowing/cupping, seems like you would have very little waste working it. Just wonder what others have thought if they have used it... Here's a pic off NFP's site:
http://www.northlandforest.com/eucalyptus_grandis.shtml
That pic doesn't lie--that is what the piles really looked like.
The guy there called it the poor man's mahogany and said it stains and works really nice. I picked up a 10' piece of 5/4, maybe 8" wide. The best part? The 5/4 was $4.50/bd ft. Given how nicely it was rough sawn (almost looked like S2S) and the lack of bowing/cupping, seems like you would have very little waste working it. Just wonder what others have thought if they have used it... Here's a pic off NFP's site:
http://www.northlandforest.com/eucalyptus_grandis.shtml
That pic doesn't lie--that is what the piles really looked like.