Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
Kauri Wood *LINK*
David Miller from Iowa
>Saw this link in the back of the latest FWW. Has anyone ever used this? I can certainly appreciate a 50,000 year old tree (I'm a geologist) but I'd like to think it would look distinctive enough to others.
Old Wood
Re: Kauri Wood
Steve Kubien
>My older brother has been in New Zealand for a few years now and he brought me a few pieces of 4x4 kauri for Christmas (2003). I still have them as I haven't found a good project yet. I am told be our Kiwi friends that it finishes beautifully and that simple oil and wax gives it unbelievable depth.
Steve Kubien
Ajax, Ontario
-still looking for ideas to use his kauri
Re: Kauri Wood
Alister
>I once butchered some as a kid.
Had some turnings by Pat Wybrow sent over for my wedding as gifts.
Oh and the older washing tubs were made of this way back....single board and all that.
Tight tight even grain- honey colour.
At $25.00 a board foot the price is distinctive...there are other trees in the kauri family that I think are still milled on some of the islands in the South Pacific that might be an alternative if available.
Re: Kauri Wood
Angus Barclay, in New Zealand
>Yes, I've used it quite a bit, although the stuff I've used is not the expensive ancient wood.
It most certainly will look distinctive to anyone who is more accustomed to North American hardwoods. The best description I can give is that when properly finished (oil, wax, shellac, poly, whatever - so long as it has a good buffing) it sparkles like it has a hundred tiny jewels embedded in every square inch.
It is a softwood and is light weight (similar weight to red cedar) tight grained and very easy to work.
regards
Angus Barclay
- who's second favorite wood is kauri
thanks
David Miller from Iowa
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