Found some purpleheart in the woods...

[Cody Dubya]

I had never heard of Purpleheart cedar until I saw Russ making something on his lathe with it (I forget what it was... a candleholder?). I saw a fallen branch in the woods near my house a few days ago and could see the purple inside and that it smelled like cedar, so I cut a couple branches (didn't want to cut the whole thing b/c it's not technically on my property) and started making handles for a bunch of old files and other tools I have sitting around, handle-less. Just thought it was cool because I wouldn't have known what it was or thought of woodworking with it before seeing Russ working with it. 

[ellrabin]

If it's freshly exposed to oxygen, watch it for a few days as it slowly changes color to look like rosewood. The purple fades to a deep red brown sometimes.

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I had never heard of Purpleheart cedar until I saw Russ making something on his lathe with it (I forget what it was... a candleholder?). I saw a fallen branch in the woods near my house a few days ago and could see the purple inside and that it smelled like cedar, so I cut a couple branches (didn't want to cut the whole thing b/c it's not technically on my property) and started making handles for a bunch of old files and other tools I have sitting around, handle-less. Just thought it was cool because I wouldn't have known what it was or thought of woodworking with it before seeing Russ working with it.

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[Cody Dubya]

I put clear laquer on it to slow the color change, I looked online about how to do that and people have a bunch of methods to bring out the purple (baking it, wetting it, etc). Do you know of other interesting kinds of wood I should look for around here? 

On Saturday, November 22, 2014 9:30:13 PM UTC-5, ellrabin50 wrote:

If it's freshly exposed to oxygen, watch it for a few days as it slowly changes color to look like rosewood. The purple fades to a deep red brown sometimes.

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I had never heard of Purpleheart cedar until I saw Russ making something on his lathe with it (I forget what it was... a candleholder?). I saw a fallen branch in the woods near my house a few days ago and could see the purple inside and that it smelled like cedar, so I cut a couple branches (didn't want to cut the whole thing b/c it's not technically on my property) and started making handles for a bunch of old files and other tools I have sitting around, handle-less. Just thought it was cool because I wouldn't have known what it was or thought of woodworking with it before seeing Russ working with it.  -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "fredhack" group.

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[oklaho...@yahoo.com]

I'm always looking for black locust and osage orange. You might look for persimmon.

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[Russell Hubbard]

Holly is a pretty bone white. Poplar is an attractive yellow grey but didn't take stain well. Old structures around here used pre-blight chestnut that could be worth a fortune if the owner hasn't heard of the chestnut blight. Always look for burls, they can go for $100/lb. Birds eye maple can be found around here too. Anything that's deadfall will probably also be spalted, a fungal infection that adds attractive black lines to the wood.

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[oklaho...@yahoo.com]

Oh yeah, forgot about the burls...

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[Cody Dubya]

Thanks guys, I'll keep an eye out for those, I'm pretty sure I've seen osage oranges around here. I've also got a big 200-lb. hunk of pecan wood, it's the fork of a tree trunk so I'm not sure how much of it is useable, but if anybody wanted it they're welcome to it.

[oklaho...@yahoo.com]

Black walnut is also a good score.

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