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Re: Material: Wood selection
By:Shawn Jones
Date: 6/17/2015, 11:06 pm
In Response To: Re: Material: Wood selection (Reg Lake)

Reg, where did you get the Peruvian Walnut. I live in eastern WA. I have a few boards of black walnut, a little heavier, and not as dark. I really like the Wenge, which is black as night under the epoxy, but splinters, and has to be fairly thin to work curves. Basswood is easy to come by here.

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Shawn Jones -- 6/17/2015, 1:57 pm
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Shawn Jones -- 6/17/2015, 2:02 pm
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Bob Borovicka -- 6/17/2015, 7:55 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/17/2015, 10:22 pm
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scottbaxter -- 6/17/2015, 2:05 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/17/2015, 2:51 pm
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Reg Lake -- 6/17/2015, 8:36 pm
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Shawn Jones -- 6/17/2015, 11:06 pm
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scottbaxter -- 6/17/2015, 11:21 pm
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Reg Lake -- 6/17/2015, 11:59 pm
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Shawn Jones -- 6/18/2015, 12:08 am
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Bob Ten Eyck -- 6/17/2015, 11:37 pm
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Shawn Jones -- 6/17/2015, 11:48 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 6/18/2015, 2:02 am
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Jay Babina -- 6/18/2015, 8:11 am
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Shawn Jones -- 6/18/2015, 12:21 pm
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Jay Babina -- 6/18/2015, 12:57 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 6/19/2015, 11:11 am
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Mike Bielski -- 6/18/2015, 12:37 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 6/18/2015, 1:42 pm
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Shawn Jones -- 6/18/2015, 3:21 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 6/18/2015, 3:35 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/18/2015, 9:04 pm
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Les Cheeseman -- 6/27/2015, 4:27 pm
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Shawn Jones -- 7/3/2015, 7:36 pm