Nice padauk

[ear3]

Was over at boards and beams in nj picking up some curly maple for a project, and decided to also nab a length of padauk. In the pa s t theyve had 4/4 but they must have recently got a shipment of 8/4, so I picked up this solid perfectly straight 11 foot 4.5" 8/4 board. Looking forward to dressing it.

 

[Michael Kellough]

I love planing padauk! Delicious aroma.

 

[ear3]

Yeah -- gonna try to do as much of the dressing by hand as possible.

 

[ear3]

Had some adventures in resawing today.  Picked up the extra long 145mm blades for the Carvex so that I could make some 1" planks out of the Padauk (no bandsaw anymore).  Gonna build a side table for the bathroom so we can put the laptop next to the toilet for when, you know, we're on the toilet.  So I'll need the 2" thick padauk for the legs, but it would obviously be a shame to waste away half the material planing it down to 1".  The jigsaw didn't go so well.  Maybe I could have helped my case if I had cut some slots down the middle of the board for the blade to track straight.  Anyway, the blade never wandered on the top of the board, but it started to after 6" on the bottom, and I only noticed maybe 12" into the cut.  So that side now has only one usable plank.

Instead I broke out my grandfather's Disston saw, which I can't remember the last time I used, and finished off the resawing.

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Not fun in the sun in this heat, but almost 45 minutes and a few water breaks later, I got 4 16-18" planks (3 usable):

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Jointed one side flat with the jack and jointer.  [member=18494]DoubleL[/member] These veritas plane stops are incredible -- thanks again for pointing them out

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Man, it feels so luxurious working this wood -- those blood red velvet shavings next to the brass of the plane.  And [member=297]Michael Kellough[/member] you were right about the smell.  I've used padauk once before to make some book ends, but for whatever reason I didn't notice the wonderful scent of this wood.

So the boards are now ready to be planed to thickness.

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[Tyler Ernsberger]

I like your shop cat!

 

[ear3]

That's Brian "Frankenstein" Franklin.  He took up residence in my shop about a year ago when he realized he could get two square meals a day and some pets.  He keeps me company while I'm working and is totally cool with noisy machines, to the point where I have to keep an eye on him lest he jumps on top of the table saw while I'm cutting.

I like your shop cat!

 

[junk731]

Paduak is an interesting  wood, has that beautiful rich colour when working with it but with time turns a medium brown. I have a couple of pieces about 12" x 48" streaked with cream and purple. I don't know if applying a UF coating would slow or stop the colour change.

John

 

[ear3]

The bookends I made over a year ago, and which are regularly exposed to direct sunlight, still have a deep reddish hue to them -- obviously not as vibrant as freshly cut padauk -- but an impressive and complex color all the same.  They were sanded to 2000 grit Platin and only coated with wax, so so far the wood has worn well even without a UV coating.

Paduak is an interesting  wood, has that beautiful rich colour when working with it but with time turns a medium brown. I have a couple of pieces about 12" x 48" streaked with cream and purple. I don't know if applying a UF coating would slow or stop the colour change.

John

 

[junk731]

You and anyone else might find this interesting to show wood can colour shift over time. I too love the vibrant colours available and have bought a few pieces just because of there freshly planed look. Unfortunately most colour changes do occur after several years, both cherry and walnut are good domestic examples.
http://www.wood-database.com/wood-articles/preventing-color-changes-in-exotic-woods/

John

 

[ear3]

Did some more work on the padauk today. It glues and planes really well. Laminated two thick pieces for the table legs, which I'm going to plane initially into a hexagonal shape, then use a spokes have to taper the cylinder so that it is narrower in the middle.

 

[Cheese]

I love the look of those red curls Edward...pretty nice.

It's such a change from my usual maple-jatoba-oak dinner menu. Although I did mix it up this year with some teak and hickory...and a few LSL's,  [eek]  does that count?

 

[ear3]

Finished up the basic hexagon shape on both the legs, and am now shaping the concave taper. It would probably have been worthwhile to get a draw knife for this, but I only have a spokes have for curved work, so that will have to do for the moment. The wood responds well to the spokeshave, though, and I'm getting a very smooth surface.

 

[Cheese]

I like it [member=37411]Edward A Reno III[/member]...looking good, any ideas as to what you're going to do with all those beautiful red chips?  Seems like they need to land somewhere.

 

[ear3]

Thanks [member=44099]Cheese[/member] yeah, my wife popped in and asked the same thing, and was even more excited when I gave her a handful to smell. Dunno. Probably put them in a bag and figure it out later.

 

[RKA]

I'm betting he has one happy cat!  Kitty litter has a nice fresh scent.  Be careful when you're sweeping up Edward! 

 

[ear3]

Resize this isn't the projects subforum, but since I already started it here, I might as well finish it up.

So I completed the table. Assembly is done via one shortened 10mm domino per leg

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I cut two notches so it could fit over the radiator pipe

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The legs don't have to be anchored super securely, ad it will be resting in the corner and the steam pipe will prevent it moving around. So only left to do is install some leveling feet to raise it up an inch -' I ran out of wood and so had to make the legs a tad short of the ground.

Finished it off with Osmo Polyx Oil, which deepened the red color nicely.

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[ear3]

Here's picture of finished piece in situ

 

[nclemmons]

Isn't it great to find space on radiators for storage!?

Looks nice - is that in the same bathroom as the other cabinet you made?

And curious why you didn't make it the full width of the radiator?

 

[ear3]

Same bathroom, yes.  I wanted to make it a little longer, but was limited by the amount of wood left from the one piece of stock I was working with.

Isn't it great to find space on radiators for storage!?

Looks nice - is that in the same bathroom as the other cabinet you made?

And curious why you didn't make it the full width of the radiator?

 

[nclemmons]

You have to get that Lie Nielsen board stretcher!

Same bathroom, yes.  I wanted to make it a little longer, but was limited by the amount of wood left from the one piece of stock I was working with.

Isn't it great to find space on radiators for storage!?

Looks nice - is that in the same bathroom as the other cabinet you made?

And curious why you didn't make it the full width of the radiator?