Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
Tulipwood and Pearwood
Dan clermont in Burnaby
>I was talking to a local wood supplier about geting a small chunk of rosewood or cocobolo and he didn't have any stock
He recommended Tulipwood or Pearwood as a replacement.
I was plaaning to repair a tote witht he wood and maybe build a spokeshave.
Anybody know how these woods compare to the old Brazilian Rosewood for tone and grain structure? How tough are they and would they make a good spoeshave?
TIA,
Dan Clermont
Re: Tulipwood and Pearwood
Charles
>The only experience I have with pearwood is from a large tree cut down in Texas. The grain is very fine and would probably make a good handle. The color is definitely as pretty as rosewood, but the spalted areas look nice when using Danish Oil type products.
Re: Tulipwood and Pearwood
Andrew Alcazar in Charlotte, NC
>I use tulipwood for different things... It is a true rosewood. It has a very fine grain and polishes extremely smooth (like ebony). I think it is a little weird color wise and I pretty much keep it to very small inlays. I think I have a piece big enough to make a spokeshave that cost me about $80 from Cook Woods (not a plug just a source). I've always wanted to make a shave out of macassar ebony. It has an interesting pattern, but not the Smurf's gone wild look of tulip rosewood.
- Andrew
Re: Tulipwood (Pics) *LINK*
Rolf Schmid
>I used tulipwood for the tote of the plane. I found the wood in the cellar of my father in law.
Look at the pictures at the end of the page.
The tulipwood is dense and easy to work, so tulipwood is a good choice for a tote.
regards from Germany
Rolf
http://mitglied.lycos.de/Techkon/Holz/messing_bloc
The Plane
Wiley Horne--Glendora CA
>Hey Rolf,
Nice to hear from you! Could you give us a report on the machined-from-solid 'block plane' shown? How is it performing on what kinds of woods? Have you experimented with bevel angles? What angle is working best for you?
Wiley
Re: The Plane
Rolf Schmid
>Hi Wiley,
At the moment I use a iron with a25�-bevel, with the 20 degree of the iron bed , the result is an angle of 45� degree. The plane works great even with diffucult wood, as the "mouth" is adjusted very tight. With a little wax on the sole the plane almost flights over the wood. You can get very fine shavings!
At the moment I am working at some pulvermetalurgic S53 irons for this plane.
If i �ve got them I will post my results.
So long...
regrads form Germay
Rolf