Ebony or African Blackwood

larry C

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Needing some Ebony, (any specie, so long as color is consistent and no sapwood), or African Blackwood. I'm making a segmented urn for a friend.

Need it to be at least 4/4 thick, preferably 5" wide or wider and at least 24" long, prefer longer if available.......would like 4 or 5 boards......

Let me know,

Thanks,
Larry
 
I have abw but spindles. Good luck on that with and make sure you take heart medicine before looking at price. @pinky ebony
 
I have a question. If the urn is segmented, Why are those dimensions needed? Having said that, I'll check the stash. Like Mike said, ain't gonna be cheap!:blush:
 
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pinky said:
I have a question. If the urn is segmented, Why are those dimensions needed? Having said that, I'll check the stash. Like Mike said, ain't gonna be cheap!:blush:
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Pinky, main reason for the bigger material so is because I get a better yield from the larger pieces. I'm open for suggestion. These urns I make have around 3,000 pieces in each one. Let me know your thoughts.
Larry
 
If you can't find it all in one place, maybe you could do a running tally of what you need and we could all tell you what is available here in our houses. I know, I don't have much, but for a friend's urn I would be willing to part with it.
Mine would likely be 1.5 square and maybe 6 inches long so you will need to find several more folks before you start this urn...
 
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2feathers Creative Making said:
If you can't find it all in one place, maybe you could do a running tally of what you need and we could all tell you what is available here in our houses. I know, I don't have much, but for a friend's urn I would be willing to part with it.
Mine would likely be 1.5 square and maybe 6 inches long so you will need to find several more folks before you start this urn...
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Thank you, let's give it a few days and see what turns up. Hopefully all will work out
 
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Pinky, main reason for the bigger material so is because I get a better yield from the larger pieces. I'm open for suggestion. These urns I make have around 3,000 pieces in each one. Let me know your thoughts.
Larry
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Larry, I'm not sure I agree with your premise that bigger material yields better. It seems to me, a great deal of material would be lost to blade kerf. What are the size of your 3000 pieces?
 
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pinky said:
that ends up as waste.Larry, I'm not sure I agree with your premise that bigger material yields better. It seems to me, a great deal of material would be lost to blade kerf. What are the size of your 3000 pieces?
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I agree, there is a lot of loss due to blade kerf, I do us my table saw to cut the pieces. Most of the segmented things I make I use pieces that are .250 thick, the width varies from 1.75" down to .250, they vary according to the diameter of the project. With the jig I use, there is about 1.5" at the end if every piece that ends up as waste.....so, the longer the starting length, the better yield.....
 
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