Rob, are you saying this helps subdue the cocobolo odor coming from the unfinished raw wood? I can barely stand to use mine.
Woot woot, finally got a woodvil!
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Rob, are you saying this helps subdue the cocobolo odor coming from the unfinished raw wood? I can barely stand to use mine.
I didn't even know Cocobolo had a smell. I know he uses Tung oil on the outside, and mineral on the inside of the woods that he sells with a natural finish (not poly.) I think the Tung oil has a really distinct odor to it; the mineral oil has none. I have a Cocobolo that's brand new (never had juice in it) and I can't smell anything.
Thats what I've always used .... Love the stuff. Had it around for my cutting boards in the kitchen and the Woodvils get a coat of it every few months.
timk on the beautiful family addition. That is gorgeous. What a beautiful wood.
How many 'Congrats!' gifs do you have, Rat2? Lol.
Every time I see one of them, it makes my day!
No. Purchased on the last sale day. Maybe it's the natural oil finish? My jatoboa/koa doesn't have the same problem though and it says it has the same finish. (Though I don't believe it due to the shine.)
Cocobolo:http://www.reosmods.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&product_id=1191&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=3
Jatoba/koa: http://www.reosmods.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&product_id=1230&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=3
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fwiw, the Woodvil i recently traded for had a smell i wasn't fond of. (i was warned of it beforehand so no big deal)
i left it in a tub of ground coffee for a few weeks and now i can smell nearly nothing. maybe a tiny bit of the coffee. a bit of Howard's snd she'll be perfect.
i left it in a tub of ground coffee for a few weeks and now i can smell nearly nothing. maybe a tiny bit of the coffee. a bit of Howard's snd she'll be perfect.
I love the Hornet as well. Great little atty for the size! Actually it's the only atty that fits my older 14500 woodvil.
They are hard to come by these days!
Had some good light in the kitchen this morning
Oooooohhh! That pdib is swwweeeeeet!
Congrats on the Cocobolo, always a great choice.
Great collection!
Oooooohhh! That pdib is swwweeeeeet!
Congrats on the Cocobolo, always a great choice.
Great collection!
Ya, that one is my favorite mod and I'm very happy to get the woodvil so I can leave the pdib mod at home. The redwood is very delicate, poor choice on my part but wow what a beautiful wood:
Ya, that one is my favorite mod and I'm very happy to get the woodvil so I can leave the pdib mod at home. The redwood is very delicate, poor choice on my part but wow what a beautiful wood:
Big tease! Just had to do it didn't you! Big close up of that beauty!! Not a "poor choice" at all! Just not meant to be a roadwarrior. You are brave as I would be too paranoid to take it out of the house! I will say that my woodvils go out with me as they are pretty tough and will take some abuse as "daily drivers". That pdib would be my "trailor queen', guess it depends on type of wood.
Yup, this one is definitely trailer queen now. I put a couple scuffs on it from taking it with me, no more though. I'm on the list for a second, but that could be several months out. The next one will be the richlite caps and claro walnut so it should be much tougher/resilient. And by poor choice I mean its hard to have something that you like so much but can't use it all the time hahaha
Cocobolo is a tough wood and you should get great mileage out of her.
I got on the pdib list as well. Looking at 15 months out!
Looking forward to Rob's mechanical woodvil run to hold me over! I'm sure Rob will be putting out another excellent mod !
I actually got off the dibi list a few months ago. I could have owned one by now, but once I settled in with a couple of 18490 Woodies, I didn't feel the need to search any longer...very very happy with them.
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