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Nice Craigslist score
Well I made a great find on Craigslist today. Comes to show, it is never a bad idea to throw a few search terms at Craigslist in the morning.
This old fella is moving and is selling all of his woodworking gear. Lucky for me! I wish I had brought more money with me because I probably could have had this guy's entire shop for $500 Here is my list: Old craftsman table saw with fence and a few jigs, guards, and a dado blade. $75 Ridgid portable air filtration unit. $25 Wood $10 Two sticks of Borneo rosewood One stick mahogany One stick palaquium This guy has quite literally tons of exotic woods. I ran out of money - wish I had brought more! Here is my plunder I wanted to test out my saw. Blade is kind of dull, but still chopped up this beautiful Borneo rosewood. I'll likely be sending some scales out for stabilizing. I can't wait to get this stuff on a knife! |
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Wow... I'd say you got an excellent deal there! Great looking scales too.
__________________ Stay away from fast women and slow horses |
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Great looking wood. Before you send that out to be stabilized you might want to give the service a call. Rosewood can be pretty oily and they may not be able to do it. You might want to check ahead. It might save you some shipping charges if they can't do it.
Congratulations on scoring some great items. It looks like you have enough wood to keep you in handles for a while. That table saw was a steal at $75 with everything that it came with. Doug __________________ If you're not making mistakes then you're not trying hard enough |
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As Doug said, stabilizing rosewood might or might not work but if you find an outfit willing to try it you should send them blocks of wood instead of scales. Cut the scales after the stabilizing is done. Professional stabilizing usually warps blocks of wood a little bit but it can be really tough on thin pieces ...
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Right on man! That rosewood looks really nice I don't think it'll stabilize very well tho.
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I've used the minwax wood hardener on Bolivian rosewood before, with good results. Perhaps I'll try that first. Or I'll just use the raw wood, we will see
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With a wood like that I think the wood hardener would be enough. A guy I know had some oily wood stabilized and its no good. The wood is still sticky and gummy. It almost feels like sanding freshly cut down wood.
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Just be aware that MinWax Wood Hardener is not water proof. Also don't try using it in a plastic container; it will eat through it.
Doug __________________ If you're not making mistakes then you're not trying hard enough |
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I honestly would just give it a nice oil finish after its done and call it good. Rosewood a are pretty good as far as stability goes. All the rosewoods we have used on our guitars are just fine after years of use.
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Yeah, I just love rosewoods in general. I sent a block of it off for a test stabilizing
run, along with a block of palaquium. I will use the wood either way, but it would be nice if it were waterproof. |
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Water proofe is always nice
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How did the testing go?
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I agree here with my neighbor in Sask !! some good oil and OOO sand inbetween coats
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