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04-02-2008, 10:36 PM
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| Member  Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Northwest New Jersey
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|  Kauri wood, worlds oldest wood. |
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04-02-2008, 11:37 PM
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| Land Locked  Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ocala, FL
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| And expensive. Way out of my budget. But really looks nice.
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04-13-2008, 12:57 AM
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| Master Scroller  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Eaton Rapids Michigan
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| I always get a giggle when I see that. The bristlecone pine tree is eons older than the Kauri tree. Bristlecone pine tree's can live 11000 yrs, as stumps have been found and that's how many rings they had! There are still some alive today at almost 5000 yrs old, where a Kauri tree wouldn't last more than a few percent of that age. There has been bristlecone wood found and dated at millions of years old, although it is no longer usable, but no wood would be usable at that age. The Kauri wood just happens to have landed in a spot that preserved it for 50,000 yrs. You can find stumps of Bristlecone twice or more than that age that is still usable. It's not the worlds oldest wood, but sure is a wonderful sales gimmick.
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04-13-2008, 03:12 AM
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| Wood Mauler  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: South Jordan Utah
Posts: 627
| Price begins at $25 per board foot x 1 inch thick flat grained pieces. Price increases for thickness and grain activity. Yikes!!!!
__________________ Thomas The Barefoot Scroller ~ Thomas@barefootwoodworks.com www.barefootwoodworks.com |
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04-13-2008, 06:04 PM
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| Moderator CUT IT OUT  Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chilliwack British Columbia, Canada
Posts: 3,660
| We're gonna need a BIGGER SAW!!!!!!
__________________ CAЯL HIRD-RUTTEЯ "THE LYF SO SHORT, THE CRAFT SO LONG TO LERNE." GUSTAV STICKLEY Ryobi SC180VS scroll saw EX21 |
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04-15-2008, 10:02 AM
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| Mad Marqueteur  Join Date: May 2007 Location: The "Green Side" in Hawaii
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| Hmm, those veneer prices are quite reasonable if the grain is nice. A pity that the thickness doesn't match what I use, or I might be able to get some to check it out for you. I have personally paid as much as $18/sqft at 1/42" thick for material, and a burl that I use a fair amount of costs me $10/sqft. No, I will not perform the multiplication for you. Tor
__________________ I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. - Thomas Jefferson Garden Island Marqueteur http://www.fineartmarquetry.com |
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04-15-2008, 11:43 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Peoria, Illinois
Posts: 196
| That's probably not the wood to use for learning scroll saw techniques. I'll have to look elsewhere for "starter" wood.
__________________ ajay A happy Excalibur EX-21 owner |
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04-15-2008, 01:20 PM
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| Pajaro Studio Dallas  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: If it ain't Texas, it Just ain't livin.
Posts: 1,305
| WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY to rich for my blood.. But thanks for the info.
__________________ Pajaro Pete Vermont Yankee in Texas Member " Scrollsaw Association of the world " Excalibur EX-21 fanatic One of the Chosen few "Vote for Pajaro, I will make every thing OK!" My name is Pete and I endorse this msg. |
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04-23-2008, 11:04 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: North Louisiana
Posts: 100
| Now that is a fine wood. Lots of bucks but I will have to get some just to have it. Definiately special project material.
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