Macassar Ebony in Melbourne

[sebastiaan56]

From the woodwork forum,

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=86531

another bulk buy, I'd pay someone to cut it up as well, whaddya reckon Tim?

[Kim]

It would be interesting to see his 'easy work around' method for the checking. Depending how deep they run, and you won't know that until you split the billet, this wood could be worthless.

I guess it's all to do with potential, when you take a 200mm x 200mm billet of VERY dense tropical hardwood into a drier climate you are gambling. That gamble has the 'potential' to turn out really good or really bad. Over a larger shipment, percentages demand that you will experience some losses no matter what you do to avoid them. Therefore, if you have a big project, it is wise practice to buy much more wood than you think you need so you can pick and choose the winners.

When the jobs done, one would then of course try to cut their loses by getting rid of the rejects for what they can. This is probably why that big kickarse macbony table cost so much money, someone somewhere needs to pay for the losses. Getting back to potential, I think this wood has the potential to be very disappointing and therefore would advise any approach be made with great caution.

Cheers

Kim