Laundry room Laminated Plywood counter Top, I have to put in a new cabinet for my wife in the laundry room and was looking at different options for counter tops. I thought of plywood but wanted something with more patterns that will look unique. I had a scrap piece of oak ply that I sandwiched […]
Identify the Ash Wood
Identify the Ash Wood An ash commonly refers to trees of the genus Fraxinus (from Latin “ash tree”) in the olive family Oleaceae. The ashes are usually medium to large trees, mostly deciduous though a few subtropical species are evergreen. The leaves are opposite (rarely in whorls of three), and mostly pinnately-compound, simple in a […]
Rhodesian Teak-Baikiaea plurijug
I have a bit of Rhodesian Teak-Baikiaea plurijug teak that I got in the beginning of the year from Rare woods USA. I don’t have enough to build the whole Benchcrafted Roubo Workbench out of it but I do have enough to to make the bench top. Ill try to get some more for the rest […]
Tambuti Wood “Spirostachys africana”
Spirostachys africana is a medium-sized (about 30 ft tall) deciduous tree with a straight clear trunk found in the warmer parts of Southern Africa. Its wood is known as tamboti, tambotie, tambootie or tambuti. It prefers growing in single-species often along watercourses or on brackish flats and sandy soils. Despite its being prone to heart-rot, […]