Popular Post barb.j.enders Posted February 9 Popular Post Report Posted February 9 Latest piece. Woods include Poplar, Tigerwood, Bloodwood, Paduk and Walnut. Finished with shellac. 9.5" diameter. I had issues cutting the Bloodwood so after a couple of pieces I switched to the Paduk. Mike Crosa, preprius, Dan and 18 others 18 3 Quote
ChelCass Posted February 9 Report Posted February 9 Beautiful Barb, Great choice of woods. barb.j.enders and Juan Rodriguez 1 1 Quote
barb.j.enders Posted February 9 Author Report Posted February 9 2 minutes ago, ChelCass said: Beautiful Barb, Great choice of woods. Thanks. I had actually tried some "greener" poplar but it had too many veins running through. Thoughts of the leaf changing colours in the fall. ChelCass 1 Quote
Scrappile Posted February 9 Report Posted February 9 What an awesome piece. Great looking barb.j.enders 1 Quote
preprius Posted February 9 Report Posted February 9 Barb, Very nice vision and artistry. it has been awhile since i cut some bloodwood. I have recently cut paduak. I do remember bloodwood was hard. But i had to look up the hardness. https://www.wood-database.com/bloodwood/ Common Name(s): Bloodwood, Satine Janka Hardness: 2,900 lbf compared to Paduak... Common Name(s): African padauk, vermillion Janka Hardness 1,710 lbf Again very nice inspiring work. Me. Mark Eason barb.j.enders 1 Quote
rjweb Posted February 9 Report Posted February 9 Barb, another excellent piece, RJ barb.j.enders 1 Quote
barb.j.enders Posted February 10 Author Report Posted February 10 21 hours ago, preprius said: Barb, Very nice vision and artistry. it has been awhile since i cut some bloodwood. I have recently cut paduak. I do remember bloodwood was hard. But i had to look up the hardness. https://www.wood-database.com/bloodwood/ Common Name(s): Bloodwood, Satine Janka Hardness: 2,900 lbf compared to Paduak... Common Name(s): African padauk, vermillion Janka Hardness 1,710 lbf Again very nice inspiring work. Me. Mark Eason It is a very hard wood. I started with my #5 MG blade. Switched to a #5 full reverse. Switched to a #7 skip tooth. Then after cutting a couple of pieces I switched to Paduk with a #5 MG blade. Quote
heppnerguy Posted February 10 Report Posted February 10 On 2/9/2026 at 6:10 AM, barb.j.enders said: Latest piece. Woods include Poplar, Tigerwood, Bloodwood, Paduk and Walnut. Finished with shellac. 9.5" diameter. I had issues cutting the Bloodwood so after a couple of pieces I switched to the Paduk. I saw this project on Sky's web sight and really loved it. You got this one down pat. It came out absolutely beautiful. You have come a long ways in the past couple of years, trying different things with wood and it looks like everything you try, you are very successful at doing it well. Congratulations on your successes. It has to be very rewarding for you too. Dick heppnerguy barb.j.enders 1 Quote
Denny Knappen Posted February 10 Report Posted February 10 Another awesome piece! barb.j.enders 1 Quote
barb.j.enders Posted February 11 Author Report Posted February 11 22 hours ago, heppnerguy said: I saw this project on Sky's web sight and really loved it. You got this one down pat. It came out absolutely beautiful. You have come a long ways in the past couple of years, trying different things with wood and it looks like everything you try, you are very successful at doing it well. Congratulations on your successes. It has to be very rewarding for you too. Dick heppnerguy Again, thanks for the very humbling comments. The original designer, Steve Shears, had gifted the pattern to me before it got posted on his web page. I think Sky was the first person to complete it. Quote
Scrolling Steve Posted February 11 Report Posted February 11 Wow, you nailed it! ... Very nice work! barb.j.enders 1 Quote
wombatie Posted March 7 Report Posted March 7 Wow that's awesome. Love the colors. Marg barb.j.enders 1 Quote
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