Thread: The Black Palm experience

It is a good looking material that works a little better when it's stablized. The CA should be helpful that way. Watch out for splinters or get some good tweezers.

Used to get stuck by the thorns on that stuff in central america.... It would put you inthe hurt locker..due to all the infections because itbreaks off under the skin

I have made a few sets of scales in black palm. Real pain to work with. It will chunk out badly. I used epoxy resin on it which will fill in any divots you happen to accidentally make while cutting sanding. Best way to make them is to cut them thick then sand them to final thickness and shape. Routing/cutting will just tare out the black fibre and make a mess. Stuff is a nightmare to turn on a lathe, I dont even mess with it any more.

Originally Posted by Wintchase

Used to get stuck by the thorns on that stuff in central america.... It would put you inthe hurt locker..due to all the infections because itbreaks off under the skin

Been there, done that, more than once. Ouch! Nothing like running dead square in to one of those trees at 0' darkthirty while on point.

I was just about to pull the trigger on some black palm. Cancel that project. I'm glad I found this thread. Too many pretty woods out there to hassle with that stuff. Thanks.