Thanks in part to some of exhortation from Tom, this week I paid a quick visit to my local hardwood dealer, Vienna Hardwoods, to pick up a few new species for the garage.
Up to this point, I’ve only worked with red oak hardwood, red oak plywood, and birch plywood. Time to add some natural color and interesting grain to my repertoire.
First – the big board of the trip, a nice piece of birdseye maple:
Some 8/4 and 4/4 walnut pieces:
A nice wide piece of purpleheart:
And finally a very orange board of paduak:
All of these pieces will contribute in some way, shape, or form to various Christmas gifts. Unfortunately, these gifts will be heading to some of the readers of this blog, so I can’t go into further detail at this time. But fret not – I’ll make sure to take pictures for future posts. I expect a flurry of posts to appear during that last week of December.
Looks like you had a great day at Dream World. Around here I rarely see boards wider than 6″. Not sure why. Glue-ups are us
Cheers — Larry
I can think of a dozen uses for each one of those pieces. Nice haul.