Ebony & Black Dyed Veneer Sources

[Jim Swift]

Trying to find a reasonable source for veneer to add to segmented turnings. Any segmenters care to share their source? I have searched but to no avail.

Thanks

Jim Swift

[Tim Boger]

Hey Jim .... try my friend Big Rob, he has always done a good job helping me.

Tim

Rob ........ @ (figuredwoods@yahoo.com)

[Don Robert]

I think I bought mine at a Rockler store, although I don't see it at their web site.

[Dewey Torres]

Warning... I am not a turner...but

I do know veneer pretty well as I used it for Inlay and Marquetry:

I buy my dyed veneer from the below depending on pricing and if they have what I am looking for.

http://www.constantines.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=169

At a minimum worth a look.

[Dewey Torres]

Also, turners may pipe up here but real ebony is hard and brittle. If you are using it for veneer work you are probably going to be better off with dyed maple.

[Tom Giacomo]

I have been using ebonized walnut, it comes out very black and is realitively inexpensive.

[Bernie Weishapl]

I also use ebonized walnut. I tried a long time ago to resaw some ebony veener and it is the pits. Even at 1/8" in breaks so easy and grumbles. So I resaw walnut and ebonize it.

[Montgomery Scott]

I get my black dyed costello from B&B rare woods for about $3 sq ft. I don't think you're going to find much in the way of gabon ebony veneer. Macassar ebony, yes, but it's not often pure black. I use macassar ebony and gabon ebony for segmented turning projects fairly often, but not in anything less than 1/4" thick.