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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Les Symonds on June 30, 2013, 04:09:27 PM

Title: Could this be Kingwood?
Post by: Les Symonds on June 30, 2013, 04:09:27 PM

I had this 5"x2"x2" spindle blank in amongst a batch that I bought recently, and it was labelled as Kingwood...

(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/lessymonds/Turning/DSCF4261_zps7e95852c.jpg) (http://s12.photobucket.com/user/lessymonds/media/Turning/DSCF4261_zps7e95852c.jpg.html)

...but I'm not absolutely sure that it is! I've had a search and couldn't really confirm it, one way or the other. It was dense, turned well and was quite oily. The finish is lemon oil, as I wanted a thin oil to penetrate the pores of the wood, but it has turned the sapwood quite yellowy....still, it's made a nice little piece.....shame I had only the one piece, really!

(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/lessymonds/Turning/DSCF4272_zps6d73af27.jpg) (http://s12.photobucket.com/user/lessymonds/media/Turning/DSCF4272_zps6d73af27.jpg.html)

(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/lessymonds/Turning/DSCF4270_zpscba9ead2.jpg) (http://s12.photobucket.com/user/lessymonds/media/Turning/DSCF4270_zpscba9ead2.jpg.html)


Les

Title: Re: Could this be Kingwood?
Post by: Paul Hannaby on June 30, 2013, 07:31:40 PM

Yes, it looks like it could be kingwood.

Title: Re: Could this be Kingwood?
Post by: Les Symonds on June 30, 2013, 07:56:02 PM

Thank you, Paul. I hadn't realised that there was such a stark contrast between heartwood and sapwood....I think of Kingwood as being used for high quality office furniture, so finding a piece like this amongst my stock was a bit of a surprise.
Cheers...Les

Title: Re: Could this be Kingwood?
Post by: Bryan Milham on June 30, 2013, 08:17:27 PM

Les,

the reaction causing colour change between growth wood when it becomes heart wood can be dramatic as you've noted.

I bought a walnut tree a couple of months ago. The growth wood is a beautifly milky white and the heart that wonderful brown, the grain is not as distinctive by it's colour bands as your Kingwood but non-the-less dramatic.

Title: Re: Could this be Kingwood?
Post by: The Bowler Hatted Turner on June 30, 2013, 09:54:49 PM

Hi les,
     difficult to tell from a picture but Kingwood has a purplish tinge to it. Could It be Ovangkol?
Regards
John BHT

Title: Re: Could this be Kingwood?
Post by: woodndesign on June 30, 2013, 10:28:29 PM

Hi Les,

To add further to it, could it be Zebrano ... http://www.wood-database.com/lumber-identification/hardwoods/zebrawood/ (http://www.wood-database.com/lumber-identification/hardwoods/zebrawood/) ... I'd a bowl blank much the same in grain.

This is one very nice jar, like the form.  Well done.

Dewi