woodcarving machine parts from ebony

[merrill77]

There was a story on Marketplace yesterday about carvers in Mozambique making hard-to-find replacement parts for everything from automobiles to stoves out of ebony. There is a picture slideshow and a podcast of the story. On one hand, very cool, but on the other hand - car parts? Stove knobs? What a waste of ebony!!!

 

[jhreed]

John Moses Browning designed and made his prototype guns from wood.

 

[jerrye]

A friend and former customer taught me years ago that the lowest cost material to prototype from was wood. Now, making replacements from ebony? I guess if it's what you have, then...