Aura Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Bought a piece of Rosewood and churned out a couple of woodies. It is an amazing specimen as far as wood goes and I hope to use it again in the future; it had a brilliant graining that shines up pretty nicely if I do say so myself. The cups on the left are a commissioned SR225 woody, and the big 'un on the right is my D2000 that some of you might have seen over on the other site. Hope to try out Cocobolo for my next project, just not looking forward to the cost :/. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augsburger Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Wow, that is gorgeous, nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinp6301 Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Sexylicious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Nice! Can't quite tell the species from the pics. What finish did you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Aura Posted August 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Thanks everybody . Nice! Can't quite tell the species from the pics. What finish did you use? Getting a "nice" from the wood guru himself... *falls out of chair* It was sealed in Tung Oil, sat for 24 hours, then applied a 3-step polish and buff. I'm not quite sure what the first two steps are, since my grandfather provided the kit, but the third is the actual wax polish that coats the wood. You think there's too much gloss? It seems that the more gloss you use the more "wow" factor it has. I am, however, a bit old fashioned in my preference for wood and I'd rather use too little gloss than too much. Anything to help keep the original nature of the wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Thanks everybody . Getting a "nice" from the wood guru himself... *falls out of chair* It was sealed in Tung Oil, sat for 24 hours, then applied a 3-step polish and buff. I'm not quite sure what the first two steps are, since my grandfather provided the kit, but the third is the actual wax polish that coats the wood. You think there's too much gloss? It seems that the more gloss you use the more "wow" factor it has. I am, however, a bit old fashioned in my preference for wood and I'd rather use too little gloss than too much. Anything to help keep the original nature of the wood. It's very well deserved, I can tell from the pics that you took your time and didn't take short cuts with sanding and finishing. The gloss definitely has the wow factor. I usually go with a satin finish, so that finger prints aren't a never ending job to wipe off. There's no denying that the high gloss just sucks your eyes into the beautiful grain pattern though, and IMO looks stunning on that particular Rosewood. Can't wait to see the finished Grados as well. :cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 I'm really curious to see how those Grado monsters will fit between the forks! Nice work on the wood as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soloz2 Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 those cups somehow look familiar... And I have some lonely SR225 I bet they would look lovely on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aura Posted August 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 It's very well deserved, I can tell from the pics that you took your time and didn't take short cuts with sanding and finishing. The gloss definitely has the wow factor. I usually go with a satin finish, so that finger prints aren't a never ending job to wipe off. There's no denying that the high gloss just sucks your eyes into the beautiful grain pattern though, and IMO looks stunning on that particular Rosewood. Can't wait to see the finished Grados as well. :cool: Thanks much bro, your compliments are appreciated . I'm really curious to see how those Grado monsters will fit between the forks! Nice work on the wood as well. Yeah, it will be close. With my first Grado woody, I was forced to cut down the fork of the cup, as can be seen here: those cups somehow look familiar... And I have some lonely SR225 I bet they would look lovely on. I bet they would . Thanks for the kind words all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Nice, verah nice. The cups on the left are a commissioned SR225 woody M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Yummm! Wenge rocks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeggy Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Very pretty. I'm having a bugger of a time with some of my woods. They look great as boards but once turned they look a bit crappy with very large grain. Macore is one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beefy Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 I'm having a bugger of a time with some of my woods. They have pills for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeggy Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 They only fix Dolewood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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