crazy ray fleck wood you know it?

Buzz-sawyer · June 27, 2005, 08:05:20 PM

I saw this veneer wood in a Chicago area restaurant last week........The rays are huge...MUCH larger than oak...Maybe some kinda south american wood?

Kirk_Allen · June 27, 2005, 08:11:22 PM

Almost looks like q-sawn Sickymore, as Arky calls it ;D

Buzz-sawyer · June 27, 2005, 08:16:23 PM

It does...except the piece showed is only 16 inches wide...the figure is several inches long ....nothing like any local wood Ive ever cut or seen ??? ??? :P

Buzz-sawyer · June 27, 2005, 08:20:54 PM

Jeff · June 27, 2005, 08:31:30 PM

Looks like sycamore to me as well. Electric Al showed me some that was pretty close to that.

Steve · June 27, 2005, 08:44:40 PM

I'll throw out a guess and say Lacewood. The original is from Autrailia although there are other similar looking woods that go by the name. Sorry don't know the scientific name.

Just a guess now.

Jeff · June 27, 2005, 08:47:10 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33029&item=7332741987&rd=1

Steve, I think you got it.

Ironwood · June 27, 2005, 09:33:04 PM

YUP, LACEWOOD I thought it was African though. Reid

Curlywoods · June 27, 2005, 09:43:36 PM

Lacewood is from Australia. Leopardwood is similar, but darker and denser and it is from South America.

J D in AUS · June 28, 2005, 06:04:10 AM

If that was here in S. E. Queensland I would say Silky oak but :-\ I do'nt know /do'nt think it is (silky oak) J D in sunny slightly damp Q L D ;D

sigidi · June 28, 2005, 08:21:32 AM

I'm with you on the silky oak JD, but maybe it's called lacewood when it goes overseas??

Too right about the damp!!! I've just about had enough, I got a room to finish off before folkes come to stay on Monday night, and I got a heap o work left ta do - this DanG rain aint helpin none!!!

Steve · June 28, 2005, 08:32:54 AM

It is referred to as Silky Oak in Hawaii too. "Cause they got it from Australia I figured.

SwampDonkey · June 28, 2005, 02:31:35 PM

Yup Silky Oak or Lacewood of Australia Cardwellia sublimia

Here's some specs

And just for the record, I've heard of this species, but would never ever have guessed it without researching a bit on Google.

cheers

Buzz-sawyer · June 28, 2005, 03:13:10 PM

Just for the record ..whatever it was , it was in a run down BURGER KING south of Chicago!!! :D :D :D :D

The rays were one inch wide and up to 4 inches long...............unlike the guitar and the last sample..........

SwampDonkey · June 28, 2005, 03:25:49 PM

Buzz, like anything else in the figured woods department... you'll never get two identical pieces. ;D ;D Come close if they're book-matched though. ;)

SwampDonkey · June 28, 2005, 03:49:07 PM

Buzz, ya need to lable your wood pieces as when I keep looking at them pictures I get dizzy. An appropriate lable could read 'do not operate heavy equipment at least 2 hours after staring at this figured wood' ;D :D

My eyes, I'm dizzy. ;) Imagine an entire wall with that figure on it and I don't think I could hold down a whopper for as long as it takes to get to my car. Buzz ??? did you have a squeemish feeling coming out of the restaurant ???

:D :D :D

Sorry about the earlier assertion, you were write it could be any number of species. I got caught up in the euphoria and got mezmorized ;) :D