Guess what kind of wood this is!

jgobigred

AzB Silver Member
Silver Member
Ok, maybe should be in npr but I saw this today and thought it might be cool for a pool cue. Customer paid $800 for 2 1' x 5' x 1" butt seamed together, just the wood!

ygedyrep.jpg
sa2ebe9a.jpg



Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 

Blue Hog ridr

World Famous Fisherman.
Silver Member
What are these things that cost $800?

Looks pretty rough. At 1" thick, there is pretty much nothing that can be used to make a pool cue.

Turn it round and make some 5/8ths joint collars. Point stock. Expensive pen blanks.
 

jgobigred

AzB Silver Member
Silver Member
This is going to be inlaid in a giant stone desk.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 

Allen Brown

Pool Whale
Silver Member
That is some expensive wood. Is it going to be sanded down or have a finish put on it?
Is it swamp cypress?
 

jgobigred

AzB Silver Member
Silver Member
It is sanded, stained, and finished already in these pics!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 

jgobigred

AzB Silver Member
Silver Member
Here is a mock up, didn't take any farther away.
pa9e7epa.jpg



Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 

TATE

AzB Gold Mensch
Silver Member
Looks like some kind of palm, bamboo, or quarter-sawn wenge. Whatever it is, it definitely has a cool looking texture.
 

jgobigred

AzB Silver Member
Silver Member
It's the edges of OSB plywood laminated together and stained!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 

TATE

AzB Gold Mensch
Silver Member
It's the edges of OSB plywood laminated together and stained!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Looks good, congratulations. That is a lot of labor but you definitely created some good looking art from trees that aren't endangered.

Did you cut it on a band saw? What kind of glue did you use? I assume the surface is coated in resin.
 
Last edited:

jgobigred

AzB Silver Member
Silver Member
Just wanted to clarify: the company I work for is doing the stone table this piece of wood is being inlaid into, we don't do any woodwork. I had very little involvement in this particular job and nothing to do with fabricating it. Just thought the wood looked cool and then was amazed when I was told what it is.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
Top