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About lignum vitae again

Denis Ch�nard, Orl�ans, Ont.

>This is the reply from LV customer service regarding the lignum vitae they sell:

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Thank you for your e-mail. The Lignum vitae we carry in our product

line is the actual Lignum vitae.

We have searched the Internet and found the following information

which you may find useful:

Lignum vitae: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lignum vitae is the heartwood of species of the genus Guaiacum, the

trees of which are usually called guayacan. The name is Latin for "wood of

life", and derives from its medicinal uses. Other names are palo santo

and of course ironwood (one of many). The wood is obtained chiefly from

Guaiacum officinale and Guaiacum sanctum, both slow growing trees that

do not become large.

Various other hardwoods of Australasia (e.g., the acacia and

eucalyptus) are also called lignum vitae and should not be confused. Argentine

lignum vitae has a strong, fresh aroma and is used as incense.

We hope this helps.

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Based on the per bf price LV charges, the piece Frank D. mentioned (4 x 6 x 14") should go for about $140 Canadian. I would expect a thick piece like that to have a premium attached to it, but nearly four times the bf price...

Doesn't make sense to me...

DC

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Frank D. in Montreal

>Hey Denis--those are Langevin Forest's prices--not mine!!! ;)

They can be all over the board with pricing. They sell Douglas fir for the same price as hard maple. I pay $1 a BF for old-growth. Want a nice piece of snakewood? A half-flitch about 2 1/2" by 5" by 4' (measurement by memory) will cost you $1000 CDN. To be fair, they have deals too, like these two boards of figured Santos mahogany (6/4 stock) I got for $75 CDN.

What really surprised me about the lignum vitae was that it sold so quickly. It is obviously worth that price to more than one person.


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Rob Lee

>Hi Denis -

The thing about wood, and retailing, is that your price still has to reflect what you paid for it... it's not THAT much of a commodity...

We got a good deal on a bunch of LV, so we're probably underpriced.... and I know we have bowl blanks squirreled away somewhere too....

Cheers -

Rob

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#4

what are the chances...

john jesseph

>Hi Rob- what are the chances of "unsquirreling" some of your larger lignum vitae blanks?? :)

John Jesseph

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Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>Rob, I did searches on your site for "lignum vitae" and "lignum" to no avail. The only thing I found, by browsing exotic project woods, was a previous listing. So, do you have some squirreled away?

Pam

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Denis Ch�nard, Orl�ans, Ont.

>Bowl blanks, eh?

You know that this will result in some requests... :)

DC

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steve knight

>got to watch the wood though. making sure it is dry is tricky since it dries so very slow. then you have the problem of gluing it. nothing really sticks very well too it. I am sure there are commercial products that work but unless you buy 45 gallons I doubt most of us can get it.

I found the hot melt poly glue worked great but you can only glue small pieces.

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#8

Pam, John....

Rob Lee

>Hi -

Funny enough - I have 4 bowl blanks just outside my office....

We have:

3 x 6 x 6

2 x 6 x 6

As well as

1-1/2 x 1-1/2 x 18

1-1/2 x 1-1/2 x 24

and 3/4 x 3 x 24 which is on the website...but only if you select Cdn currency(search for 41B1506). I'm not sure if we can ship to the US or not....I'll have to check that out.... it may require additional paperwork!

Cheers -

Rob

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#9

Before anyone asks...

Rob Lee

>We apparently can not send these across the border - Lignum Vitae is on the CITES list, appendix II ....

That will probably explain some of the pricing that's out there...

Cheers -

Rob

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#10

How about overnite cure epoxy Steve?

HC Sakman @ Victoria, BC

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#11

Steve,

Frank D. in Montreal

>IIRC you've made more than one plane from lignum vitae. Did you use hot melt poly to glue up the blanks?

Frank (who has never leaned so much about lignum vitae in so short a time).

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Mike Swindell

>Denis,

I happen to have some 4x4x18" LV sitting in my garage. I might sell 1or2 if you're looking for this size. They seem to be very stable and all ends have been sealed with Anchorseal. I also have have a few pieces of 3x3 IPE which I could let go. PM if you are interested.

Mike

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#13

Re: Steve,

steve knight

>I used gorilla glue. but I was told the soles may pop off in time.

I played with the holt melt but you can't really get a sole glued on with it before it starts to cool.

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#14

Re: How about overnite cure epoxy Steve?

steve knight

>it may work but it would sure be a mess (G) I wanted to get this two part water based epoxy but without getting 45 gallons of it at a time it was out (G)

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