Thread: Joseph Rogers in Snake wood

Originally Posted by mainaman

it was very easy to work with by hand. As soon as I put it to the sander it was not fun, very hard to take material off , it glazed and started to smoke.
It was very easy to cut with coping saw and shape with files.

Is a very strange wood,Last year two knife guys and I invested in a 40 LB log.
the guy we bought it from had it X-rayed as they are known to have rotten centers,This one was solid but the grain starts to lesson towards the center.
Went thru 3, 4 TPI Re-saw blades on my bandsaw to get this thing slabbed,was A pita.
I tried turning some on the lathe,no go,it splinters and checks bigtime,But it works great by hand,just do's not do well with machine tools IME

Originally Posted by sheffieldlover

Nice use of magnets there!

Thanks,and real Ivory mountswith ebony supports.

Another view.