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Offline Nasr

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Am I wasting my time
« on: August 20, 2019, 04:45:01 pm »
 Just stopped by my local lumber yard and found some purple heart it just stopped me dead in my tracks so beautiful. I thought about making a white oak backed purple heart but i am reading that it frets a lot. Am i wasting my time making a bow or should i use it as handles.

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Re: Am I wasting my time
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2019, 05:17:13 pm »
that depends. the grain needs to be basically perfect. mabey two runn offs and two run ins. the sides need to be the same.
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Offline airkah

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Re: Am I wasting my time
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2019, 06:26:38 pm »
I can't speak to how it would work in compression, but I wouldn't want to make a bow out of it just because of how hard it is to work with. I use it for a lot of tip overlays, and hate every minute of making them, but I do it because the wood is so beautiful when its fresh. I think tillering be a slow, difficult process scrapping the belly, but if it all holds together the bow would be stunning. And if it blows up, you would sure have a lot of overlays for the future.

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Re: Am I wasting my time
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2019, 06:43:48 pm »
I can't speak to how it would work in compression, but I wouldn't want to make a bow out of it just because of how hard it is to work with. I use it for a lot of tip overlays, and hate every minute of making them, but I do it because the wood is so beautiful when its fresh. I think tillering be a slow, difficult process scrapping the belly, but if it all holds together the bow would be stunning. And if it blows up, you would sure have a lot of overlays for the future.

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Re: Am I wasting my time
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2019, 08:59:23 pm »
It's like cedar, its pretty fresh cut, then it turns a brownish color as it gets older.
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Re: Am I wasting my time
« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2019, 12:38:14 am »
Yes the colour is not permanent, it turns to browny/grey.
It is possible to make a belly from it but there are many better choices.

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Re: Am I wasting my time
« Reply #6 on: August 21, 2019, 01:23:10 am »
It makes a pretty core wood in a tri lam...
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Offline Nasr

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Re: Am I wasting my time
« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2019, 06:00:20 am »
I like your idea of making a core lam out of it del I am thinking maybe white oak back purple hart core and ipe belly. Probably a power lam out of something else maybe jatoba if I can find some laying around here.