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AndyT wrote:Thanks Mike. Yes, I barely mentioned the walnut once the sapwood was gone. It really is a pleasure to use. Not as hard as oak or ash but very fine textured so it planes beautifully. Making the same box in pine with its hard and soft layers would have been much less rewarding.
I've got some mahogany put by, from an old piano, which might get used for something similar one day.
Pete Maddex wrote:AndyT wrote:Thanks Mike. Yes, I barely mentioned the walnut once the sapwood was gone. It really is a pleasure to use. Not as hard as oak or ash but very fine textured so it planes beautifully. Making the same box in pine with its hard and soft layers would have been much less rewarding.
I've got some mahogany put by, from an old piano, which might get used for something similar one day.
Got enough for an up lighter? My first one was done with hand tools.
Pete
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