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New wood acquisition - Lignum Vitae

akirk

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I have been working recently on a new project - a game I have developed, and a part of it involves cubes of different woods -> cubes of different densities and therefore weight. I had a few pieces of Lignum Vitae in the workshop, and have a number of bowling balls collected over time to play with one day - but then found these on ebay...

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biggest chunks of Lignum Vitae I have seen (courier was 'pleased' to have such heavy parcels :) )
Lots of ideas on how they could be used, though it seems a pity to cut them!
 
AndyT said:
There's a challenge!

How about a plane with a lignum vitae sole - I reckon you could make a couple of dozen!
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Yes - I saw your thread, and it is a thing of beauty - however, possibly outside my capability which is mainly at the stage of being able to cut (roughly) straight lines!

It is more likely to be used in toy or game making - both of which are more my interests...
 
It wasn't a very serious suggestion. It's hard to come up with answers worthy of such a big lump!
 
thetyreman said:
this wood makes great mallet heads.
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It does but it seems the norm is to turn those from bowling balls of which I have a number so perhaps looking for ideas which take advantage of the ability to have larger flat pieces (eg knife scales perhaps?)
 
A bowling ball makes a rather nice turned table lamp. I made one for SWIMBO some years ago which is still in use - Rob
 
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