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Tim Wagner
04-16-2007, 10:44 PM
Is in this picture?



I see a really nice display case, or table in that.
Chris Fetting
04-16-2007, 10:46 PM
Looks like that to me.
Tim Wagner
04-16-2007, 10:48 PM
It's gotta be the most beutiful peice of Wood i have seen. but haven't seen many so...
Chuck Reeves
04-16-2007, 11:13 PM
Not certain but it looks like the top from the Bubinga Veneer coffee table David Marks made on Wood Works a month or so ago. When finished the table top looks as if a piece of velvet was laid out on top of it with wrinkles. Very pretty piece of wood what ever it is! See if you agree:

http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/shows_wwk/episode/0,2046,DIY_14350_26923,00.html
Jim Becker
04-16-2007, 11:14 PM
Yes, I also thing quilted Bubinga.
Jason Beam
04-16-2007, 11:29 PM
Yep ... bubinga to me, too.
Tim Wagner
04-17-2007, 12:17 AM
Is Douglas fur any good for anything other than framing? all the houses here are built from it. most the older ones such as ours anyway, and there are extra 2X4's in the attic.
Mark Singer
04-17-2007, 12:45 AM
That must be quilted shlamaca......which is rare these days.....it could be quilted bubinga if the tree grew near shlamacas:rolleyes:
Rich Engelhardt
04-17-2007, 6:36 AM
Hello Tim,

there are extra 2X4's in the attic.
Trust me on this. Save a few of them for any future repairs that may crop up.
Trying to match the dimensions of yesteryears 2X4's is an excersise that would tax the patience of Job.
Mike Cutler
04-17-2007, 7:49 AM
Hello Tim,

Trust me on this. Save a few of them for any future repairs that may crop up.
Trying to match the dimensions of yesteryears 2X4's is an excersise that would tax the patience of Job.


Someone has done some remodeling work on an older house.;) ;) ;) :D

The wood is Bubinga, and so is the piece to the left of it.
Chris Brault
04-17-2007, 6:14 PM
I worked for an old growth douglas fir sawmill out here in sw washington about 6-7 yrs. ago for 10 yrs. If those 2x's are clear or CVG, yes they are worth something!!! Save them.

We also sold alot of clear fir beams to Italy and Spain for veneer. Are hottest markets were in Japan, were they sliced the beams into veneer also!
Fred Voorhees
04-17-2007, 8:26 PM
Dang, that's a purty piece of wood there!
Tim Wagner
04-17-2007, 9:17 PM
CS got back to me and called it waterfall bubinga. I may have to get some.
Tim Wagner
04-17-2007, 9:21 PM
CS got back to me and called it waterfall bubinga. I may have to get some.

Or not. I just looked and it's like 2900 dollers
Craig Thompson
04-26-2007, 5:46 PM
Tim,

The "waterfall" bubinga is bueatifull and all... but some QS bubinga is can have a fairly good figure... for around $9 lf... The attached files are from my own staircase (humbly attached)63336

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