Thread: I got wood

I went to an estate sale today and scored a nice load of exotic wood. Including kingwood, cocobolo, ebony, lacewood, and many others that I don't know what they are. I also got a couple big sheets of quilted and tiger maple (3/8"x10"x24").

Most are cut 1/4", 3/8" or 1/2" thick (with a couple cut at 1/8), roughly 1 1/2" to 3" wide, and 7" to 12" long. 3 blocks of 1.5"x1.5"x16" pieces of Kingwood, and one big 4"x4"x10" piece of cocobolo I think.

I will post pics later so that maybe you guys could tell me exactly what I bought. I have enough scale material to be able to practice and refine techniques now, before I make the permenant ones! Horay!

Great score! May I suggest you practice on some other wood first?
I made a lot of mistakes when I started making scales. It would be a shame to destroy all that very nice wood.
If you don't want that quilted maple just send it to me!

Here is the wood that I got for next to nothing...what do you think?

Nice score! Some awesome looking wood. Do you have a lathe? You could make some sets.

That quilted maple is awesome, if there is any that you don't want let me know!

I agree that you should practice on something cheaper, those pieces all look nice. But if you want to get your hands dirty looks like you've got plenty to work with. How do you plan going about cutting these down?
**I only ask this so that after you reply you'll get posts from people who use different methods you may not have considered, the guys here all have tons of really good tips.** good luck anyway!

nice score, you can make scales/brush handles to your hearts content with that lot.

UMMMMM any chance on some peices hitting the classifieds????

Originally Posted by Del1r1um

How do you plan going about cutting these down?

It was kind of a shoot first and ask questions later type of deal, so I don't quite know how I am going to cut these down. I know someone who has tons of woodworking equipment (sanders, lathe, saws, etc..) and I have full access to those pretty much whenever I want. I was thinking maybe a scroll or table saw. Some of those woods are seriously dense! I didn't think about making brush handles, good idea...and I had no idea that quilted maple is so popular!

I think I will take the advice to not use the wood for practice.

Here is the wood that I have identified so far: Ebony, Kingwood, Lacewood, Quilted & Tiger Maple, Bocote, Bloodwood, Purpleheart, and Cocobolo. Any others you guys can identify would be great.

Originally Posted by broncobob

UMMMMM any chance on some peices hitting the classifieds????

It's possible...it will probably be a while before I get to the scale aspect of restoring, and I do have a lot of it. But I have no idea what any of this stuff is worth, so I wouldn't know what I would sell/trade any of it for, as I am still such an infant in this obsession.

Originally Posted by gentlemanly

It's possible...it will probably be a while before I get to the scale aspect of restoring, and I do have a lot of it. But I have no idea what any of this stuff is worth, so I wouldn't know what I would sell/trade any of it for, as I am still such an infant in this obsession.

Yes but isnt the obsession Great!!!!