From: Joe Foley (redmenaced@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Jul 25 2005 - 19:03:44 PDT
Yeah, but can you actually identify WHICH of these it
really is?
Mohagony or Luan of some type would be close enough.
Joe
--- david gudmunsen <kroctec@btopenworld.com> wrote:
> Hi Stu
>
> Whilst Erik suggested the use of oak I would say
> that oak has a tendency to
> splintering. You might consider the use of Keruing
> [Dipterocarpus
> costulatus, Dipterocarpus sublamellatus,
> Dipterocarpus cornutus,
> Dipterocarpus warburgii, Dipterocarpus spp,
> Dipterocarpus crinitus,
> Dipterocarpus apterus, Dipterocarpus lowii,
> Dipterocarpus verrucosus,
> Dipterocarpus gracilis, Dipterocarpus acutangulus,
> Dipterocarpus
> grandiflorus AKA: yang, Malaysian keruing,
> Indonesian keruing, Sarawak
> keruing, kruen, apitong, Sabah gurjun] But for
> environmental reasons please
> try and find some used timber as it is an endagered
> species.
>
> Wenge (Millettia laurentii, Millettia stuhlmannii
> [AKA: panga panga,
> palissandre du Congo, dikela (Zaire)] would be a
> good choice and more
> readily available.
>
> Best regards from David Gudmunsen
>
> Contact me off list and I can tell you for ever
> about timbers.
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