Purple Heart Bowl Blank

Jay B. Turnin

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Not sure if this even exists but I'm hoping to find a large piece of purple heart maybe 10" or 12" ish by at least 4" thick or greater, is it out there? Thanks, Jay B.
 
I saw a purp!eheart square blank at a woodworking store near me.

I THINK it might have been 9" or 10" x 3" or 4" thats the good news

The bad news is it was 90$ they had 3 or 4 pieces same price.....
 
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Mlyle said:
I saw a purp!eheart square blank at a woodworking store near me.

I THINK it might have been 9" or 10" x 3" or 4" thats the good news

The bad news is it was 90$ they had 3 or 4 pieces same price.....
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Thank you so much but a bit pricey for me.
 
I am sure it exists, may have to look at different wood avenues.
Maybe this guy has some cutoffs??
 
I saw the same show and was thinking of it with your post. That was some serious Purple Heart. I was trying to guess how many bowl blanks was going into that keel
 
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Gdurfey said:
I saw the same show and was thinking of it with your post. That was some serious Purple Heart. I was trying to guess how many bowl blanks was going into that keel
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great minds think alike, i searched for that boat company and found that they are in the UK so I figured even if they didn't use all the purpleheart, the shipping costs would be prohibitive, but then again they are a ship building company so maybe they are sending a boat over that could bring it to me.
 
However, in June 2017, the Albert Strange Association sold Tally Ho to English boatbuilder and sailor Leo Sampson Goolden for $1. He moved her to Sequim, Washington where restoration is progressing well, and he plans eventually to return her to England. By the end of 2017, she had been placed in a temporary boat shed and stripped down to the basic hull structure in preparation for restoration, including complete removal of the deck. Goolden's intention is to replace most or all of the frames, much of the planking, and the keel timber, but to retain as much of the original removed woodwork and fittings as possible.[8]

Goolden is now well known on the web through his useful, entertaining and informative videos of the restoration in progress.[9]
 
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However, in June 2017, the Albert Strange Association sold Tally Ho to English boatbuilder and sailor Leo Sampson Goolden for $1. He moved her to Sequim, Washington where restoration is progressing well, and he plans eventually to return her to England. By the end of 2017, she had been placed in a temporary boat shed and stripped down to the basic hull structure in preparation for restoration, including complete removal of the deck. Goolden's intention is to replace most or all of the frames, much of the planking, and the keel timber, but to retain as much of the original removed woodwork and fittings as possible.[8]

Goolden is now well known on the web through his useful, entertaining and informative videos of the restoration in progress.[9]
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There still might be hope to find purple heart pieces.......
 
Quite the Purpleheart log! Wow! There just has to be someone with big chunks of Purpleheart that are in storage. Chuck
 
FYI
Speaking of Sequim Washington.... pronounced ( SKWIMM)....is not far from me.

It is also the capital of Lavendar in Washington state....

Fields of Lavendar abound in the area smells good and looks
very pretty
 
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Mlyle said:
FYI
Speaking of Sequim Washington.... pronounced ( SKWIMM)....is not far from me.

It is also the capital of Lavendar in Washington state....

Fields of Lavendar abound in the area smells good and looks
very pretty
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I've been to Sequim - Lavender festival - saw lots of lavender and ate a lot of oysters and saw John Wayne's Marina and walked out to the Dungeness lighthouse
 
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