I finally took stock of and photos of my small collection of hardwoods. The rosewoods (Brazilian and cocobolo) were given to me about 25 years ago by a lady friend after her return from Mexico in return for looking after her mail; The first three pix are the rosewoods. which came from a Mexican wood-turner friend of hers. A good portion of what I originally had went into my Irish pipes shortly after obtaining this lot:
Next are Walnut, Philippine and Honduras mahogany, then Indian laurel and teak (behind them are a couple pieces of as yet unidentified wood); these I've also had for 25 years (excepting the large block of walnut, recently obtained from Woodcraft for upgrading my Irish pipes), and were scraps from the Sacramento, CA, capitol restoration project, donated by one of my ex-brothers-in-law who was a carpenter on that job. I had recently used some of the teak on the Irish bagpipe project, and some on my lathe-bed extension project, and I have just the small piece on the right in the photo left over:
Lastly are American Tulip (aka "Yellow Poplar"), gum, and maple. These last three were from furniture factory cut-offs, found amongst mostly pine and fir pieces; a friend of one of my son-in-law's sisters works in the factory and donated the scraps for firewood. As the landlord has installed a gas conversion in the fireplace, I had moved the wood pile outdoors, and that's when I spotted the hardwoods in the lot, so naturally I picked them out. One of what had been three pieces of American Tulip was used to make the segmented turning of one of the pieces for my Irish bagpipe regulator project; you can see the trim left from re-sawing that piece on the right in the first photo:
John
Next are Walnut, Philippine and Honduras mahogany, then Indian laurel and teak (behind them are a couple pieces of as yet unidentified wood); these I've also had for 25 years (excepting the large block of walnut, recently obtained from Woodcraft for upgrading my Irish pipes), and were scraps from the Sacramento, CA, capitol restoration project, donated by one of my ex-brothers-in-law who was a carpenter on that job. I had recently used some of the teak on the Irish bagpipe project, and some on my lathe-bed extension project, and I have just the small piece on the right in the photo left over:
Lastly are American Tulip (aka "Yellow Poplar"), gum, and maple. These last three were from furniture factory cut-offs, found amongst mostly pine and fir pieces; a friend of one of my son-in-law's sisters works in the factory and donated the scraps for firewood. As the landlord has installed a gas conversion in the fireplace, I had moved the wood pile outdoors, and that's when I spotted the hardwoods in the lot, so naturally I picked them out. One of what had been three pieces of American Tulip was used to make the segmented turning of one of the pieces for my Irish bagpipe regulator project; you can see the trim left from re-sawing that piece on the right in the first photo:
John
