Wood and Art

[Asssiss]

I'm back...

I have at my wood stock some sticks ...20 years ago was fashion use wood sticks at woman hair.Tapered sticks.
I purchased these sticks at that time one step before tapered.
The wood is Violet Jacarandá and Louro Preto (I talked before about these woods here) .
Now I'll use just a few sticks and make something like a bird nest just for my daughter bird.
Add some straw and the bird under.

Almost done
Some sanding work to do The sticks They have some square parts yet Both gourgeous wood This straw (that for protect fruits at boxes) Something like this...smaller for fit the bird size

 

[Nature Man]

@Tclem is the king of hair sticks on WB!

 

[Mr. Peet]

I started to glue the woods for a new bird.My daughter wants this in her bedroom.

The woods
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The woods.....did you name them earlier?

 

[Asssiss]

The woods.....did you name them earlier?

Yes...I always add Brazilian name and scientific name.
Jacarandá Violeta-Dalbergia cearensis
Louro Preto-Cordia glabrata

 

[Mr. Peet]

Yes...I always add Brazilian name and scientific name.
Jacarandá Violeta-Dalbergia cearensis
Louro Preto-Cordia glabrata

I was looking at post 60 and 61. It had 5 woods.

 

[Asssiss]

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Thread 'Do You Know This Brazilian Wood?'

May 4, 2025

Hello folks....at this time I would like to show one project I did almost 18 years ago.

This is a bench made drom a Brazilian wood called in Portuguese as "Louro Preto" (Cordia glabrata as scientific name).
This wood is forbidden to cut for a long time ago.


To be honest I don't like black or too dark woods for furniture...but was avaible in small pieces I took there for my project ...my father had there for almost 20 years when I pick for me.

Because my low skils at that time I did all joints using 3/8" (10mm) wood dowels...I have the Dowelmax and the precison is very impressive.


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[Asssiss]

The woods.....did you name them earlier?

These are:
Head to down:

Pinho de Riga-Pyns sylvestris
Roxinho-Peltogyne spp
Goiabão -Pouteria glabrata
Guajuvira-Cordia americana
Peroba do Campo-Paratecoma peroba

Sorry for my confusion

 

[Mr. Peet]

These are:
Head to down:

Pinho de Riga-Pyns sylvestris
Roxinho-Peltogyne spp
Goiabão -Pouteria glabrata
Guajuvira-Cordia americana
Peroba do Campo-Paratecoma peroba

Sorry for my confusion

Pinho de Riga is a name also used for Larch, Larix decidua. Pinus sylvestris is rarly used in furniture for strength. Your wood looks more like Larch or one of the USA 'Southern Pines'. Larch splinters more, so I would lean towards a southern pine but not disclude Larch. I have milled much Pinus sylvestris, but all within a 600 mile radius so do not know variation beyond that.

 

[Tclem]

@Tclem is the king of hair sticks on WB!

I’ve made one or two lol

 

[Asssiss]

I did one coat of linseed oil this morning.Just for show defects and wood grain.Sanded until 220 only.

 

[Asssiss]

Today I scraped two sticks to see how nice they can be.
Just a scraper and linseed oil. I'm "afraid" about sticks.They can catch the eyes more than bird itself.

Short YT vídeos.Before and after.Rough scraper job.

Just rough scraper
Dremel drum can do a nice job here So nice Yo can see the hook This is the perfect tool for this. I loved

 

[Nature Man]

Today I scraped two sticks to see how nice they can be.
Just a scraper and linseed oil. I'm "afraid" about sticks.They can catch the eyes more than bird itself.

Short YT vídeos.Before and after.Rough scraper job.

Just rough scraper
View attachment 291437 View attachment 291438 Dremel drum can do a nice job hereView attachment 291439 So niceView attachment 291440 Yo can see the hookView attachment 291441 This is the perfect tool for this.View attachment 291442 View attachment 291443 View attachment 291444 I lovedView attachment 291445

Creative to use scrapers to round the sticks! Results look impressive! Chuck

 

[Asssiss]

Creative to use scrapers to round the sticks! Results look impressive! Chuck

Just for clear.The guy who sold the sticks to me 20 years ago made the round part at a special machine for this purpose.He just cut square at close diameter size and made it round at one pass.
I only cleaned the "patina" using the scraper and add some linseed oil.

 

[daniscool]

There’s a very interesting video by outdoor55 on how he sharpens his scrapers. Very very different technique. But much faster than “the traditional way” the title is somewhat exaggerated but he has got some interesting stuff to say.

 

[Asssiss]

I started this project in May.I 've been doing steps since...this morning I sanded and aplied a coat of linseed oil to show both the beauty and defects to correct.
I am almost finishing and ready to the nest and other projects already in hold.
Just sanded
One coat linseed oil Defects at head and chest

 

[Asssiss]

I started this project in May.I 've been doing steps since...this morning I sanded and aplied a coat of linseed oil to show both the beauty and defects to correct.
I am almost finishing and ready to the nest and other projects already in hold.

Just sanded
View attachment 291960 One coat linseed oil View attachment 291961 View attachment 291962 View attachment 291963 View attachment 291964 You can see defects near head and chestView attachment 291965

 

[barry richardson]

Nice birds! I have gone down the bird making road too, it's a lot of fun...

 

[SA-Motors]

Hi @Asssiss very nice birds! You are very talented and it looks very good. I appreciate learning about the process and all the different wood you use. It is very interesting.

 

[Nature Man]

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The birds now have more depth to them. So very nice! Can’t wait to see what comes next! Chuck