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*CLOSED* Small bits of Cocuswood, Ceylon Ebony & Boxwood

Here's what I have for @Harry-thefluteatelier , I think it's all together now:
Cocuswood bits
Smaller and larger Ceylon ebony
Two tiny bits of box
Various reds and browns

I'll weigh it and get a rough idea of a shipping cost. I'd just ask the price of the cocus, which is about 50 Aus$, plus shipping

Cocus scraps
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Other bits
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daveflutes said:
Here's what I have for @Harry-thefluteatelier , I think it's all together now:
Cocuswood bits
Smaller and larger Ceylon ebony
Two tiny bits of box
Various reds and browns

I'll weigh it and get a rough idea of a shipping cost. I'd just ask the price of the cocus, which is about 50 Aus$, plus shipping

Cocus scraps
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Other bits
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Awesome!

Is there boxwood in there?

And one last thing I just thought of because of a new flute I bought, have you got anything lighter than boxwood? An almost white in colour wood?

Thanks so much!
 
Hi @Harry-thefluteatelier , I only have two tiny scraps of boxwood, they're bottom left taped to the small ebony. Only a few cubic cms. I'll look around for the whitest piece of wood I can find. Off the top of my head maybe a birdseye maple?
 
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daveflutes said:
Hi @Harry-thefluteatelier , I only have two tiny scraps of boxwood, they're bottom left taped to the small ebony. Only a few cubic cms. I'll look around for the whitest piece of wood I can find. Off the top of my head maybe a birdseye maple?
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I'm not too fussed, I'm just thinking when I go to fix a crack on a flute I'll use mostly the same wood that the flute is made of and then I need a small amount of something lighter because the glue will darken it a bit.

Anyways, thanks so much for all this.

Let me know what you find.
 
Harry-thefluteatelier said:
I'm not too fussed, I'm just thinking when I go to fix a crack on a flute I'll use mostly the same wood that the flute is made of and then I need a small amount of something lighter because the glue will darken it a bit.

Anyways, thanks so much for all this.

Let me know what you find.
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Lime works well, as in linden. If it is a small crack, the glue soaks the Lime and hardens it in a way to limit harmonic absorbtion.
 
American ash and balsa look like the palest I have, slightly lighter than the maple. I can cut some of either.
Interesting that lime is good as a filler. On a couple of flutes I've sanded the surface into small cracks then set the dust with glue
 
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daveflutes said:
The box is slightly creamy yellow, photo is a strip of ash and a board of balsa at the top

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Oh, I see what you mean.

Could I ask for a little of the lower one? (the lighter one) I think it's the ash.

Then we are all done!!!

Thanks so much for all this.

So you want $50aud for the cocus and then I'll arrange shipping I just need to know the weight, size and location. (Do we direct message or email for this bit?)

Does that work?
 
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daniscool said:
That cocuswood looks spalted.
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I had to google what that meant, never heard it before.

That's fine, there's plenty non spalted cocus there for me and I can always cut up the spalted bits and use the non-spalted parts of them.

All is well, @daveflutes has been incredibly generous and I owe him one.
 
I don't know about spalted, maybe generally grotty?? It looked like a bunch of leftovers with lots of inclusions and bark, and not much good for cutting solid pieces from. Perfect for grinding up for dust!
 
daveflutes said:
I don't know about spalted, maybe generally grotty?? It looked like a bunch of leftovers with lots of inclusions and bark, and not much good for cutting solid pieces from. Perfect for grinding up for dust!
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I think spalting would be quite rare in such an extractive rich species. It is definitely not a bad thing for this purpose.
 
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