James Combs
04-27-2011, 11:50 PM
I got a call from a previous pen customer to come over and pickup an exotic (foreign) wood pallet that they had put aside for me.
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They receive shipments of wooden flooring from various foreign countries and the pallets are usually made from that countries local lumbers. I can't identify the wood so I would appreciate your help. Here are some more closeups of the boards.
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The planks will only be useful for (watch out bad word coming) "flat-work" and pen blanks but the runners are large enough for small turnings such as birdhouses or ornaments. They are of a different kind of wood. They have an orange to pinkish coloring with a very tight grain. The blurry photo taken with existing light shows the pinkish caste that can be seen with the naked eye but is not apparent it the flash picture of the same piece at the left.
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And now the rest of the story/gloat. They not only saved me the pallet but since I happened to have my pen samples with me they purchased 2 pens from the samples and ordered 3 more plus... are you ready???...
They gave me the wood for the 3 new pens (plus enough for a few hundred more). The guys run a milled wood supply house. They went around to various displays of 3/4" by (various w/l's) and started gathering up pieces piling them up in front of me with "can you use this", "make my pen from this", "how about this" and all the while I am trying to keep the drool wiped off my chin. The smallest piece you see here is about 3"x14" on the far left.
Inventory wise it is: From the left to the right.
1ea. Brazilian Rosewood, 3ea. Asian Walnut, 2ea. Tigerwood, 2ea. Domestic Hickory, 4ea. Australian Cypress, 1ea. Brazilian Cherry, and 1ea. Brazilian Redwood.
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Going to make some great looking pen blanks and maybe some (bad word again) flat-work.
Thanks in advance for helping ID the pallet lumber.
193009
They receive shipments of wooden flooring from various foreign countries and the pallets are usually made from that countries local lumbers. I can't identify the wood so I would appreciate your help. Here are some more closeups of the boards.
193010193011193015
The planks will only be useful for (watch out bad word coming) "flat-work" and pen blanks but the runners are large enough for small turnings such as birdhouses or ornaments. They are of a different kind of wood. They have an orange to pinkish coloring with a very tight grain. The blurry photo taken with existing light shows the pinkish caste that can be seen with the naked eye but is not apparent it the flash picture of the same piece at the left.
193010193013193014
And now the rest of the story/gloat. They not only saved me the pallet but since I happened to have my pen samples with me they purchased 2 pens from the samples and ordered 3 more plus... are you ready???...
They gave me the wood for the 3 new pens (plus enough for a few hundred more). The guys run a milled wood supply house. They went around to various displays of 3/4" by (various w/l's) and started gathering up pieces piling them up in front of me with "can you use this", "make my pen from this", "how about this" and all the while I am trying to keep the drool wiped off my chin. The smallest piece you see here is about 3"x14" on the far left.
Inventory wise it is: From the left to the right.
1ea. Brazilian Rosewood, 3ea. Asian Walnut, 2ea. Tigerwood, 2ea. Domestic Hickory, 4ea. Australian Cypress, 1ea. Brazilian Cherry, and 1ea. Brazilian Redwood.
193012
Going to make some great looking pen blanks and maybe some (bad word again) flat-work.
Thanks in advance for helping ID the pallet lumber.