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Looks like white oak to me but I only look at cants.
Looks like white oak to me but I only look at cants.
To me it kind of looks like watching a dragonfly while on acid.
To me it kind of looks like watching a dragonfly while on acid.
That figuring in the wood is called "fiddle back". My understanding is that it's generally from the base in the tree where the weight of the tree causes ripples in the grain showing this wavy pattern when sawn.
That figuring in the wood is called "fiddle back". My understanding is that it's generally from the base in the tree where the weight of the tree causes ripples in the grain showing this wavy pattern when sawn.
since that board is flatsawn I'd tend to call that quilting...
since that board is flatsawn I'd tend to call that quilting...
TIL
TIL
Nice wood.
Nice wood.
Today I learned what a sipo board is. ;)
Today I learned what a sipo board is. ;)
We run mouldings and make impact doors out of Sapele. Years ago we tried using sipo for paint grade projects, but we stopped. Not sure why.
We run mouldings and make impact doors out of Sapele. Years ago we tried using sipo for paint grade projects, but we stopped. Not sure why.
We're opposite, we use quarter sawn sipo for our impact doors and mouldings. Unless the customer very specifically requests sapelle they're going to get sipo labeled as sapelle.
Both species have gone to shit over the last decade. Wild grain, pin knots, stress fractures from when they fall the trees. Nigger truck drivers have been selling their tarps so at least 10% of a unit will have nasty water stains. We've been switching vendors like crazy.
We're opposite, we use quarter sawn sipo for our impact doors and mouldings. Unless the customer very specifically requests sapelle they're going to get sipo labeled as sapelle.
Both species have gone to shit over the last decade. Wild grain, pin knots, stress fractures from when they fall the trees. Nigger truck drivers have been selling their tarps so at least 10% of a unit will have nasty water stains. We've been switching vendors like crazy.
We use Beacon and Hood. Used to use Heritage. I don’t order the wood, I’m an estimator. I’ve worked in all the shops, i spent about 6 years working in our millshop (2,800 profiles), but door and windows sashes, made radius jambs and casings, inside sales, not estimating. They just sold the company, so now I work for someone else. I’m on the SE coast, north of Jupiter/Palm Beach.
We use Beacon and Hood. Used to use Heritage. I don’t order the wood, I’m an estimator. I’ve worked in all the shops, i spent about 6 years working in our millshop (2,800 profiles), but door and windows sashes, made radius jambs and casings, inside sales, not estimating. They just sold the company, so now I work for someone else. I’m on the SE coast, north of Jupiter/Palm Beach.
Lol we're probably working for competitors, I'm 3 hours north of you. Beacon has THE best white pop. Are you guys as slammed as we are? With the lumber prices as high as they are, we're having the busiest year ever. 4 moulders running non-stop, interior door line is putting out 250-300 doors a day, fucking madness.
Lol we're probably working for competitors, I'm 3 hours north of you. Beacon has THE best white pop. Are you guys as slammed as we are? With the lumber prices as high as they are, we're having the busiest year ever. 4 moulders running non-stop, interior door line is putting out 250-300 doors a day, fucking madness.
If they roll up to our place without a tarp on their load, we don’t accept it. We deal with the same 3-4 suppliers, and gave for years, so they know the drill. We used to deal in Brazilian and Honduran in the 90’s and early 00’s. That was some beautiful wood. We mostly run poplar and select cypress. Some hard maple, cherry, and black walnut.
If they roll up to our place without a tarp on their load, we don’t accept it. We deal with the same 3-4 suppliers, and gave for years, so they know the drill. We used to deal in Brazilian and Honduran in the 90’s and early 00’s. That was some beautiful wood. We mostly run poplar and select cypress. Some hard maple, cherry, and black walnut.
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