Working with Zebrawood
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nickao
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Yes contact this guy:
Exotic woods
Exotic on eBay same guy
Tell him Nick from Majestic Medallions sent you.
He is on eBay too, but you will have to call him and ask for the specific size. He probably has it in stock, if not he will get it for you. Now this is rough lumber, but well worth the price. In my experience even with shipping his lumber is cheaper than any local place I have used, and that includes the shipping in the board foot price. His prices are low and the shipping a little more than usual, but you end up saving overall.
I just got a huge piece of African Mahiogany for 1.00 and 15.00 shipping, still 50% of what I would have paid at OWL hardwoods locally.
Or just glue up two or three pieces. It will be more stable anyway and with Zebrawood it is so easy to hide the glue lines.
Exotic woods
Exotic on eBay same guy
Tell him Nick from Majestic Medallions sent you.
He is on eBay too, but you will have to call him and ask for the specific size. He probably has it in stock, if not he will get it for you. Now this is rough lumber, but well worth the price. In my experience even with shipping his lumber is cheaper than any local place I have used, and that includes the shipping in the board foot price. His prices are low and the shipping a little more than usual, but you end up saving overall.
I just got a huge piece of African Mahiogany for 1.00 and 15.00 shipping, still 50% of what I would have paid at OWL hardwoods locally.
Or just glue up two or three pieces. It will be more stable anyway and with Zebrawood it is so easy to hide the glue lines.
James Biddle
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Love working with zebrawood (other than the smell).
jaegerhund
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WoW!! I like that a lot. Beautiful.
Justin
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James Biddle
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Zebrawood top/Wenge legs. The top is about 22" x 40". The zebrawood planks are 3"~4" wide. I spent a lot of time matching the grain and hide the seams. I sharpened the knives on the planer and jointer before running the planks. I got a little tearout, but I left it thinker and drum sanded it after the glueup. I made a MDF template, cut the top slightly oversize, rounded the edges before flushing the edge to the template, and then re-rounded the edges in several small passes. No chipout. Finish is Target Coatings SuperClear Poly, 6 or 7 coats IIRC. I waited about a month to let it cure and then buffed it out with Minerva products and my ETS150/3.
I wanted to keep the top flat over time, so I bridged the legs across the top, screwed the center of the bridge to the top, and used oversize holes near the legs to hold it down.
I wanted to keep the top flat over time, so I bridged the legs across the top, screwed the center of the bridge to the top, and used oversize holes near the legs to hold it down.
