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| Fergus OMore:
Lignum vitae now in bowls? No, not really. :loco: |
| NormanV:
That's what Micktoon used to make a wood carver's mallet he described in a recent post. |
| vtsteam:
I don't know what they are made of, but a quick check of densities shows the heaviest woods topping out at 80 lbs per cubic foot, and brass up around 500. Sorry about the imperial units, but the ratio is the same for metric units. |
| Fergus OMore:
Bowls? Mine are Tyrolite but others- I believe - are Hensolite. As for Lignum Vitae, it is fairly classic stuff. My first bits were from ships' stern tubes when ships were broken up on the Tyne. I bought some to make Northumbrian small pipes and then both African Blackwood and Brazilian Rosewood. As the blackwood is in fairly short supply( and expensive) for things like clarinets, I donated my remaining stocks to a Professor of Saxophone's husband who makes and repairs wind instruments. As far as lignum is concerned, it can be worked with ordinary hss lathe tools and polished with the turnings which contain natural oils. Maybe old lignum bowls which have cracked and go to car boot sales can be salvaged. Blackwood is in such short supply that the turnings are mixed with resin- and re-used. Not cheap! Norman |
| NormanV:
Norman, that's what I meant. Norman |
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