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[turbocad6]

"cactus juice" is a brand name of a heat cure stabilizing resin, this is usually done at home with just a vacuum pump method. it is considered stabilized but it is nothing like something that is pressure stabilized professionally, anyone can soak a piece of wood in the "cactus" juice in a vacuum chamber, then "cook" it in a toaster oven and call it stabilized, that's a lot of what you find on ebay with smaller vendors who are stabilizing at home.

 

[pdib]

um . . . . . . snakewood is one of the hardest woods on the planet. Is there even a reason to stabilize it? I've suggested not going with snakewood in the past, as it's said to be ridiculously hard; but that was in an instance where the person thought to ask before buying it. I'm not worried, tho. Whatever happens happens. It's all good.

 

[ValHeli]

....note to self. Do not order snakewood

 

[MasterofNone]

Note to self: if buying snake wood, plan on buying peter replacement everythings.


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[turbocad6]

um . . . . . . snakewood is one of the hardest woods on the planet. Is there even a reason to stabilize it? I've suggested not going with snakewood in the past, as it's said to be ridiculously hard; but that was in an instance where the person thought to ask before buying it. I'm not worried, tho. Whatever happens happens. It's all good.

no worries brother, I won't send you snakewood, I've got other woods to send if needed I've been playing with some wood on my own too and I'm using the tools I normally use for stainless steel, so I think I'll be able to do something with it. something that's hard as far as wood goes is actually pretty soft compared to stainless steel I guess, only one way to find out, I'll let you know how it feels when I get it and start cutting it, maybe i can send you a scrap to test with your tools if you want

 

[supertrunker]

"hi - i'm Stephanie from AT&T and we've been installing fibreoptics all thru here and thought you might like some - have you been off today?"
Smurf: 'i'm off everyday'
Steff: 'oh - really - what a fabulous lifestyle, so do you have internet now with us?'
Smurf: 'nope we have been with Comcast forever'
Steff: 'well our home plan means that your phone and tv will be much faster since you are on fiber(sic) - do you run computers too?'
Smurf: 'yeah - i DJ and i need a minimum upload of 11 and our current download is about 100/sec, we use cellphones and don't have a tv apart from to play DVDs on'.

"well - i'll be off then - what was your name Murphy??" "Smurfie"

LMAO.


I married a rottweiler.

T

 

[pdib]

no worries brother, I won't send you snakewood, I've got other woods to send if needed I've been playing with some wood on my own too and I'm using the tools I normally use for stainless steel, so I think I'll be able to do something with it. something that's hard as far as wood goes is actually pretty soft compared to stainless steel I guess, only one way to find out, I'll let you know how it feels when I get it and start cutting it, maybe i can send you a scrap to test with your tools if you want

Sorry, didn't mean to assume . . . .. . . .. it's just . . . . .. well, you know . . .. the "valheli blitzkreig" has got me a little jumpy.






VH,

 

[ValHeli]

Oh this one looks gooooood

 

[ValHeli]

So far, I know that stabilized amboyna, ancient bog oak, curly maple, elder burls, and maple burls are good for both body and end caps

Too hard: Snakewood, Ironwood, Corrugata (TBD), and Mallee (TBD)

any others? I'll limit my blitzkreig to the workable ones

 

[glassgal]

So far, I know that stabilized amboyna, ancient bog oak, curly maple, elder burls, and maple burls are good for both body and end caps

Too hard: Snakewood, Ironwood, Corrugata (TBD), and Mallee (TBD)

any others? I'll limit my blitzkreig to the workable ones

Val... you going into business selling Dibi mods? How many are you going to make??

 

[ValHeli]

Oh no! They're way too precious to sell.......myyyyyyy preccciooooousss

Val... you going into business selling Dibi mods? How many are you going to make??

 

[glassgal]

You're going to end up with more Dibi than Mama has Woodvil

 

[supertrunker]

i doubt that!

T

 

[pdib]

So far, I know that stabilized amboyna, ancient bog oak, curly maple, elder burls, and maple burls are good for both body and end caps

Too hard: Snakewood, Ironwood, Corrugata (TBD), and Mallee (TBD)

any others? I'll limit my blitzkreig to the workable ones

the bog oak is not recommended for caps. Curly maple is not so questionable that I won't try it a few times. I feel pretty good about it; but don't know for sure. Elder burls are rather soft (at least all the ones I've played with). I don't think I've taken a box elder through with caps yet. I know I've had to bail on caps with a couple of them already.

Best bet for caps are the stabilized burl wood of Maple, Amboyna. Likely candidates are other dense burls and some stabilized exotics . . . but look, if all the little grain lines go up and down in a thing that's 1/4" tall and 1x2" across, it's gonna be prone to splitting. And machine screw threads don't take well to a vertical fiber that's incised every 1/32" of an inch (by the threads). I've got a couple of stabilized curly maples in this next batch. They are OKed for a Richlite default, or Richlite is preferred. I'll know more when I'm done with this run.

A lot of the stuff you're swinging at me is out of my range of experience, VH. I'm willing to try it, so we'll just see.

 

[Akdare]

Oh this one looks gooooood

This is the most beautiful one I've seen you post. What is it?!

 

[ValHeli]

That one is Quilted Sapele African hardwood

If anyone is interested to split, pls pm so we won't compete on bidding.

This wood is good for BODY ONLY.

Fits 12 DiBis

This is the most beautiful one I've seen you post. What is it?!

 

[ValHeli]

i love wood

 

[ValHeli]

LOL, this one's for you Akdare

 

[ScandaLeX]

Ok sweetheart! I think it's time for an intervention. Please back away from the wood!

Sent from a BIG phone.....Galaxy Note 3

 

[pdib]

AHA! Sapele! now there's a word I recognize, and a wood I've worked with before. Should be great for body-only applications.

Doing furniture, that curly Sapele would be a nightmare for tear-out on the jointer and planer; but here . . . .. . stylin'.