Box of delights

[daveflutes]

I have a box of random pieces left over from cutting out flute blanks. It contains in some shape or another:
Amarillo boxwood
Ash (English; olive)
Bolivian walnut
Burmese teak
Camelthorn
Chinkapin
English elm
Granadillo
Horse chestnut
Jatoba
Knobthorn
Mirabelle plum - part seasoned and cracked
Mirindiba
Nargusta
Padauk
Paldao
Pinkheart leatherwood
Primavera
Raspberry jam (small inclusion)
Rose mahogany cube
Silver fir
Spindle tree
Tamarind
Yew cube
York gum sliver

I can provide exact sizes and botanical names for any of these.
It's currently 4.5kg/10lb but I might be able to get one or two more small pieces in and keep it under 5kg.

I'm asking US$100 including shipping to the US (about $45) or the equivalent anywhere else in the world.

 

[chatometry]

Hi
What blank size do you usually work with?
I collect odd timbers for research and we may work out some sort of trade. I am from Italy.
Paolo

 

[daveflutes]

Hi
What blank size do you usually work with?
I collect odd timbers for research and we may work out some sort of trade. I am from Italy.
Paolo

Hi Paolo,
Thanks for looking! I usually work with spindles of 25x25x300mm or thereabouts - the Burmese teak at the bottom of the photo is that size, for scale.

I get wood in all sizes, which is why I have all these random offcuts. The ones in this box are generally pen blank, knife scale or bottle stopper size and too small for me.

What size do you need for samples? If they don't need to be large I could make you a separate box, or I could cut down the larger fir and ash in this box and put more species in with smaller pieces.

 

[Big Ry]

What are the rough range of sizes of these pieces?

 

[daveflutes]

What are the rough range of sizes of these pieces?

The spindles go from about 3/4x3/4x11" to 1x1x5" to 1x1x12". The rose mahogany top left is about a 3" cube. There's a ruler on the nargusta near the bottom, and the box is not quite 3" deep.

 

[Big Ry]

The spindles go from about 3/4x3/4x11" to 1x1x5" to 1x1x12". The rose mahogany top left is about a 3" cube. There's a ruler on the nargusta near the bottom, and the box is not quite 3" deep.

Oh I completely missed the ruler ha ha. Thanks.

 

[Nature Man]

Oh I completely missed the ruler ha ha. Thanks.

Unusual for an engineer to miss a ruler…

 

[Big Ry]

Unusual for an engineer to miss a ruler…

Missing rulers, confusing the open forum for PMs, mixing up my own daughters names....not sure if its my age, the sleep deprivation, or both

 

[daniscool]

Missing rulers, confusing the open forum for PMs, mixing up my own daughters names....not sure if its my age, the sleep deprivation, or both

Sleep deprivation. Age doesn’t start to matter until your kids start moving out.

Quoted from my dad.

 

[Big Ry]

Sleep deprivation. Age doesn’t start to matter until your kids start moving out.

Quoted from my dad.

Tell that to my knees

 

[daveflutes]

I was going to say 'ruler not included ':)

 

[daniscool]

Tell that to my knees

Ok. They suffer. But they have nothing to do with names, spelling or what you can and can’t see.

 

[Nature Man]

Missing rulers, confusing the open forum for PMs, mixing up my own daughters names....not sure if its my age, the sleep deprivation, or both

Welcome to the REAL world!