!!METAL MATT!! Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 (edited) http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo34/RA.../Picture053.jpg It still needs to be sanded to shape and leveled Edited November 6, 2008 by !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guerrilla Radio Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Man, I love the look of wenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reantel Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Yeah Wenge looks awesome!!!! How heavy is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppelinchld Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 how expensive is it??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 How is the dust? I have read that it is very sensitizing. Also watch the splinters as they go septic easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!METAL MATT!! Posted November 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 How heavy is it? not tooooo bad but its not a light one how expensive is it??? Its up there!! 29.00$ a bord foot How is the dust? Its bad but the zebra wood is the worst!!! that stuff stinks and my blood wood is the best it smells like cinnamon I love cuting it my whole shop smels like Christmas baking Also watch the splinters as they go septic easily This is very true, I was also told thet a Wenge Splinter has Small Barbs like a fish hook and thats why they Hurt so much and can be a bit hard to pull, and the wenge Splinters very easy. So any one thats going to try this wood for the first time just watch for these things and you will be just fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Its bad but the zebra wood is the worst!!! that stuff stinks and my blood wood is the best it smells like cinnamon. Oh, I LOVE the smell of bloodwood when it's being worked. It makes up for what it does to the tools. I just did some desk clocks with some bocote. It smelled pretty nice too. The zebra I have wasn't as rank as everyone else says it is. Maybe I just got lucky. It was pretty prone to chip-out, which made planing an adventure. I was working with a bunch of woods for the desk clocks, so I can't remember which one, either butternut or basswood... DANG! Straight-up dirty underwear. It's just gawd-offal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElysianGuitars Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Its bad but the zebra wood is the worst!!! that stuff stinks and my blood wood is the best it smells like cinnamon. Oh, I LOVE the smell of bloodwood when it's being worked. It makes up for what it does to the tools. I just did some desk clocks with some bocote. It smelled pretty nice too. The zebra I have wasn't as rank as everyone else says it is. Maybe I just got lucky. It was pretty prone to chip-out, which made planing an adventure. I was working with a bunch of woods for the desk clocks, so I can't remember which one, either butternut or basswood... DANG! Straight-up dirty underwear. It's just gawd-offal. i think bocote smells like pickles not that bad, but i wouldn't say it smelled nice either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!METAL MATT!! Posted November 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 i think bocote smells like pickles not that bad, but i wouldn't say it smelled nice either I guess that depends on wither or not you like pickles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadmike Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Its bad but the zebra wood is the worst!!! that stuff stinks and my blood wood is the best it smells like cinnamon I love cuting it my whole shop smels like Christmas baking thats it, christmas guitar, it has to be done. if its not already been done im doing it. glitter, tinsel, fairy lights, the works. it will sound like crap, but look so festive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihocky2 Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Every time I have used blood wood for anything it smelled like chocolate when I was cutting it. Not quite as sweet as a milk chocolate bar, but defintely a chocolate smell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Every time I have used blood wood for anything it smelled like chocolate when I was cutting it. Not quite as sweet as a milk chocolate bar, but defintely a chocolate smell. Yes! I thought I was the only one! Bloodwood smells so beautiful... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Worst wood I ever smelled is that really nice-looking dark-striped poplar - apparently it looks like that because it grows close to swamps. But it smells like dead animals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwhiteandthemaple Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Ugh I don't like wenge. It looks good and smells good, but I'm allergic to it. I get hives whenever I breathe/smell it. But I can't deny that it does look nice. Nice progress! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Worst wood I ever smelled is that really nice-looking dark-striped poplar - apparently it looks like that because it grows close to swamps. But it smells like dead animals. Evil Scarecrow: "I smell like dead things - but I still better than you!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 After working with it for a while, I can clearly state that Longhi, while being VERY easy to work and has a nice neutral yellow-ish color, smells like a$$. There's no better way to put it - it just smells like a$$. Dirty a$$ at that. Yea - bocote smelled OK, and was pretty easy to work. Looks nice too. Hella-expensive, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Bloodwood and maple are awesome to smell in combination. Would not want to smell ass, if possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 You wouldn't want to sand bloodwood & maple side by side. You'd have a really hard time getting the bloodwood dust out of the maple's grain. I haven't noticed maple's smell being good or bad. It's a kind of pity that longhi smells so bad. It's cheap, easy to work with, and is a neutral olive-yellow that contrasts very well with many other woods. I actually like working with it, but I just can't stand the smell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 I'm going to scrape the bloodwood :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihocky2 Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 Worst wood I ever smelled is that really nice-looking dark-striped poplar - apparently it looks like that because it grows close to swamps. But it smells like dead animals. I've had the same thing happen. Some poplar with dark purple and green mineral stripes that look pretty nice actually, but smells horrible to work with. Clean white popalr has almost no smell, but it seems those mineral stains get a pretty nasty smell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddler68 Posted November 23, 2008 Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 Must be butternut. All the basswood I've ever cut had a flowery smell to it. Quite pleasant, actually. I was working with a bunch of woods for the desk clocks, so I can't remember which one, either butternut or basswood... DANG! Straight-up dirty underwear. It's just gawd-offal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToddW Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 I wonder if it was the Wenge or the Purple heart that reaked so bad when I was sanding a few weeks ago? One of them was bad! Bloodwood does smell nice, so does Jatoba, but with a really good dust mask on and the dust collector running, I don't notice any of them. I think that's a good thing! Todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 I wonder if it was the Wenge or the Purple heart that reaked so bad when I was sanding a few weeks ago? One of them was bad! Had to be the wenge. I've worked with PH a few times and never noticed a smell. I can't testify about th ewenge, but I seem to remember reading a post here about it smelling awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppelinchld Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 its strange that this thread has turned into just talking about the smell of woods mayb an interesting new thread idea anyways i seem to remember cutting padouk or sumthing and it would start to burn my nose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 It's probably a bad thing as inexperienced new builders should know the potential health implications of wood dust before they go snorting it to see what it smells like. If you're producing dust fine enough for you to get a burning nose (and the usual wood boogers/bogies) then you're going to suffer in the long run, perhaps pick up some sensitivity in the short term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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