Turning difficult wood

[trc65]

That's gorgeous. Never done much with wenge, but will grab a piece next time one crosses my path.

 

[Barb]

That looks so much better bleached! I may even be tempted to work with some in the future after seeing that. :)

 

[chatometry]

Here's something NOT worth bleaching: Sapele...

From this


To this



More data on https://www.chatometry.com/bleaching-sapele/

 

[Jonkou]

Final chapter of the wenge saga… parted it off the waste block, removed the nub and blended then dyed to match, oiled it in my usual fashion which darkened it some, let it dry for two days and took the pics. Will let it dry for a week or so before waxing and polishing. Like it but not worth the effort on this piece.

 

[Tom Smart]

So, would you make more of these with Wenge, John, but not bleached?

 

[Nature Man]

Labor intensive, but striking when finished! One of a kind! Chuck

 

[Jonkou]

So, would you make more of these with Wenge, John, but not bleached?

No Tom, bleached or not could have made at least 3 of these in maple burl in the same time period. As said previously these are my bread and butter production pieces, lose money on this one. It was however a successful experiment with results that I would definitely use again on objet d‘art. Thanks again for your input.

 

[Tom Smart]

Yeah, I would agree. I used to put Wenge into end grain cutting boards, mostly for accent, but don’t use it any longer.

 

[chatometry]

20 minutes dipped in laundry bleach... as simple as that!

 

[Jonkou]

Nice, looks like it works just as good as the expensive stuff.

 

[TimR]

Looks like wenge would be about as fun to turn as palm.

 

[chatometry]

Even better if you like splinters ;)