I'm just busting your chops. You jumped on that one quick, that's all. It's a gorgeous piece of wood for sure!
**ENDED** WTT waterfall bubinga slab
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I'm just busting your chops. You jumped on that one quick, that's all. It's a gorgeous piece of wood for sure!
there won't be any "rest" if I can help it lol.
You only expressed interest in the bubinga...
I said I could handle the rest! Rules are rules!
when 2 argue they both pay for the wood and send to a " burl/curl free zone" such as Huron, South Dakota. There is a woodworker there that although can never seem to respond to a post early enough , he will hold the wood until the 2 parties have come to a reasonable settlement. This Huron woodworker will keep 25% of the wood as holding fees.
Dave
Dave
Crap!
:(
And I could have gotten tops for 4 different gorgeous guitars out of those slabs....
Hey, Kev.... assuming he sells them to you....how'd ya like a nice custom bass guitar?;)
IF he sells them to me first got to get to 1st base.....,
Oh....yeah, he did only say he was "toying" with the "idea" of letting "figured wood" go......
That's not only non commital but also somewhat vague as to which wood....?
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Noncommittal... of course. Hoarding figured/rare woods is part of our nature here at WB. We can all see in our minds the things we can turn such beautiful material into. For me it comes down to not having the extra time to pour into small projects anymore and the desire to just do nice work and get paid. The custom cabinetry/furniture I'm doing now doesn't require such figured stuff and the start up business eats up all of my time. Much of my work requires bigger lumber/ slabs and as nice as some of these pieces I have are, they're just not big enough for the work I do. That's where veneer comes in if they want figured without the figured hardwood price.
So yes, I am "toying" with the idea of just letting it all go at this point. I invested money into it. I ended up not having the time to make all the hundreds of things I dreamed of when I saw the wood and purchased it. But as any wood hoarder has, I too have that emotional attachment which is hard to get over. That "oh, but I could take this wood and make THIS!"... Whatever the hell/ whenever the hell THIS actually gets around to happening.
So yes, I am "toying" with the idea of just letting it all go at this point. I invested money into it. I ended up not having the time to make all the hundreds of things I dreamed of when I saw the wood and purchased it. But as any wood hoarder has, I too have that emotional attachment which is hard to get over. That "oh, but I could take this wood and make THIS!"... Whatever the hell/ whenever the hell THIS actually gets around to happening.
I knew it "trophies", just like mine are to me.
So translation ..... that means nothing is for sale right?
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I'm really thinking on it guys. I apologize for not having a ready decision. I thought this thread was long dead and then someone shot me an email about it. I hadn't been on WB in months. But like I said, I'm really looking at a plasma CNC that I can use in a big way right away where my wood stash for smaller projects just sits and collects dust. So I'm back and forth in my head on it daily.
@Aurora North Can't remember if I asked before but where did you get the bubinga? Only stuff I've found looking like that is veneer or giant $5,000 slabs.
One of em would make a great 2016 WB auction item..........just sayin
Alot of what people call waterfall bub is just bubinga with some interesting squiggley figure, while the real WF bubinga is easy to spot right away. Im guessing some sellers use this confusion to basically, well...rip people off..and can just claim ignorance if found out. It can be tempting though i suppose. I have a 15' slab of it, 54" wide, s2s, 2 live edge and is figured as heck. Ill get someone wanting some and i will show them the difference as i have 1 killer slab of wfb to compare. Then they are prepared to go forth into the world with new found knowledge bla. Lol.. Cant really see the figure in the one pic but it isnt waterfall..but due to the amount of figure, most people wouldn't argue that it wasn't wfb..cept us woodbarter guys, we know the difference!
LMAO quit dangling your trophies. Do something with them besides pretending they make you a man.
