February 16, 20187 yr 16 minutes ago, Electric scotty said: Crazy enough, not a single bit of the grease soaked into them change the order of my guess...
February 16, 20187 yr I would go with Stick Lignum Vitae. It is actually used as bearings on ship props or should I say used to be , not sure of now.
February 16, 20187 yr A good google search and I’d say that’s it! I have to see the end grain to be sure but I think it’s right. Thanks Gerald. The building is in Vancouver Bc and was started in1913. These have lasted at least a 100 years. We replaced them with a special polymer. At least I’m the only one here that wants them. I’ll see what I can make with them I guess. I have requests for a couple pens already from my crew so that’ll eat up a couple of them.
February 16, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, Gerald said: Lignum Vitae. It is actually used as bearings on ship props or should I say used to be , not sure of now. Lignum Vitae: Wood So Bad-arse, It's Used to Make Shaft Bearings for Nuclear Submarines (and More) and more yet on the subject... Edited February 16, 20187 yr by Stick486
February 17, 20187 yr 9 hours ago, Electric scotty said: I haven’t had a chance to cut the ends to see it yet. After 100 years in use, they’re covered in grease. Crazy enough, not a single bit of the grease soaked into them. I’ll have a picture and posted.
February 17, 20187 yr Popular Post Lignum Vitae it is... the give away was the grease didn't soak in... now what are we gonna build to go w/ it... a sub perhaps??
August 24, 20223 yr Popular Post Here is a good reference that's easy to use and packed with lots valuable information. www.wood-database.com Hardest, softest, heaviest, most toxic, etc. @gunny Some of you will be glad to know that it has pictures too. .40
August 24, 20223 yr Hardest i've ever worked with and turned is Ironwood, quite a few variations, and texas ebony can sure make a fella talk in tongues, but ironwood, tough as nails, and hard on steel edges. did some knife scales a while back, polished i'm up bootiful, but pretty sure a 12 pack was part of the equation, and not all at once. Rj in az
February 7, 20232 yr Of all the woods I work with Ebony and Bubinga are the hardest. Ebony is like concrete with wood grain in it. Paul
October 21, 20232 yr On 12/27/2016 at 10:49 PM, Wirebender said: Ron - I looked it up...Janka rating of 2760! Dave. In North Texas, old houses were built on Osage Orange footing, locally called Bois d'Arc (pronounced BoDark) because it was too dense for termites to destroy. A home near me was almost 100 years old and the new owners built a pine deck on the back door. It was like ringing the supper bell - all that was termite free in the whole 2 story home was the original footing aa result. It "mysteriously" went up in flames (insurance does not cover termite damage). Sigh.
October 22, 20232 yr On 10/21/2023 at 12:07 PM, AprilAllYear said: In North Texas, old houses were built on Osage Orange footing, locally called Bois d'Arc (pronounced BoDark) because it was too dense for termites to destroy. A home near me was almost 100 years old and the new owners built a pine deck on the back door. It was like ringing the supper bell - all that was termite free in the whole 2 story home was the original footing aa result. It "mysteriously" went up in flames (insurance does not cover termite damage). Sigh. Interesting story April. Thanks. BTW, welcome to The Patriot Woodworker. Glad you found us and happy you joined up. Great group here always willing to share ideas and help out. Looking forward to your participation.
January 6Jan 6 Popular Post Hey there, I was looking up Mountain Mahogany (it's not in the Mahogany family, rather the Rose family.) I have brought it back from Eastern Oregon a few times. As far as I could tell from looking it up, it's the 4th hardest in North America, behind a couple different Ironwood species and Osage Orange. The Internet says it's Janka hardness rating is around 3,200. I have slabbed mountain mahogany. It is very difficult to mill and cut.... Edited January 6Jan 6 by BeautyInsideYouWoodWorking
January 6Jan 6 On 8/23/2022 at 10:47 PM, ake said: mountain mahogany 3200 on janka scale Yeah, that's what I'm saying, why is nobody acknowledging this. It doesn't come up on search results. I discovered it by accident in my woodworking obsession to work with as many species as I can. Well. Not by accident, I had hiked amongst these trees hunting elk and deer for years. And when my chainsaw started bouncing off of it years ago I knew I had accidentally targeted something verrrryyyy hard. Edited January 6Jan 6 by BeautyInsideYouWoodWorking
January 6Jan 6 18 hours ago, BeautyInsideYouWoodWorking said: I have slabbed mountain mahogany. Welcome to our community! Hey you got any images of that Mahogany?
January 7Jan 7 Welcome to The Patriot Woodworker @BeautyInsideYouWoodWorking. Glad you found us and came aboard. Hope to see some of your projects and interact with you more.
January 8Jan 8 Thank you Dave 🙂 Hey John, yeah. I do, I'll dig for it and post soon. I'm always taking photos of the figured woods I slab
January 9Jan 9 Interesting that it's in Rosaceae, I wouldn't have guessed that! Right up there with desert ironwood in hardness, that stuff will wreck a chain too 😄
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