Jeffrey J Smith
12-01-2014, 11:01 PM
Just returned to Seattle from Thanksgiving trip to Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay Area of CA with a good sized chunk of Black Acacia a furniture maker friend sent me home with. He's got the rest of the tree sitting behind his shop. Saw some pieces he's built with it and it looks stunning milled as lumber.
The picture shows a single round that started at 36" diameter x 40" in length. I cut it into two slabs 36" x 36" and saved the outside slabs at roughly 20" x 24" x 6" or so, along with a few other smaller pieces stuffed into the back of our SUV.
I'm not familiar with turning acacia - it's pretty wet - been down about 4 or 5 weeks at most. Does it move a lot? Split? It's very heavy - like locust, but better color with lots of variation.
Any of you California turners familiar with turning it? I understand that it's a relative of Koa - does it turn about the same?
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The picture shows a single round that started at 36" diameter x 40" in length. I cut it into two slabs 36" x 36" and saved the outside slabs at roughly 20" x 24" x 6" or so, along with a few other smaller pieces stuffed into the back of our SUV.
I'm not familiar with turning acacia - it's pretty wet - been down about 4 or 5 weeks at most. Does it move a lot? Split? It's very heavy - like locust, but better color with lots of variation.
Any of you California turners familiar with turning it? I understand that it's a relative of Koa - does it turn about the same?
301355