Ron Altier Posted February 25, 2014 Report Posted February 25, 2014 I'm not familiar with This wood type. I'll bet I've seen it and just thought it was artificial, as most outdoor projects seem to be. I am also interested it playing around with some of it. My neighbor put in a new floor. A beautiful highly grained wood. I collected some of his scraps, thinking I could make some knitting needles on my mini lathe. Everything I did with it was a disaster. It was so darn hard and it splintered easy. I asked what it was and someone said Bamboo. If it was, it sure fooled me. Anyone know what bamboo wood or IPE is like to work with using shop machinery? Quote
Wayne Posted February 25, 2014 Report Posted February 25, 2014 Ron I am looking into the same thing. I know Ipe is a great outdoors wood, very hard and dense. Also it does not float in water. I understand it is hard to work and asked about it in another forum post here. Harry replied about some information on Woodworkers Source. As I did into this I will let you know what comes of it. Please do the same. Quote
John Moody Posted February 25, 2014 Report Posted February 25, 2014 That's about it for me too. I have not turned any of it but I understand it is pretty hard. Quote
Cliff Posted February 26, 2014 Report Posted February 26, 2014 It's a trendy sustainable tropical hardwood. It's a little oily so use acetone or naphtha on glue joints to lift the oil off. Like Teak it's not real strong. I made some martial arts weapons from teak once and boy they fell apart so fast it wasn't funny Quote
BillyJack Posted October 12, 2019 Report Posted October 12, 2019 (edited) The glue didn't hold? Edited October 12, 2019 by BillyJack Quote
Smallpatch Posted October 12, 2019 Report Posted October 12, 2019 Somebody slipped an antique post in on you Billy Jack. They all might be dead by now?? Gunny 1 Quote
BillyJack Posted October 12, 2019 Report Posted October 12, 2019 Ive just worked with a lot of IPE. Just curious why the failure with glue... Gunny 1 Quote
BillyJack Posted October 12, 2019 Report Posted October 12, 2019 In don't think I was here in 2014. I got a lot catching up to do... Gunny and Larry Buskirk 1 1 Quote
Larry Buskirk Posted October 12, 2019 Report Posted October 12, 2019 I've never worked with Ipe, but have worked with Teak when I worked at Liberty Coach. I can't remember the name of the glue they used, but do remember it was rather expensive, it was made for marine use. Gunny 1 Quote
Gene Howe Posted October 12, 2019 Report Posted October 12, 2019 I've read that Resorcinol works on Ipe and teak. Here's a link. Gunny 1 Quote
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