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Pastimes : Don't Ask Rambi
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To: Ilaine who wrote (53049)7/5/2000 9:50:44 PM
From: nihil  Read Replies (1) of 71178
 
You are mad. When I was young and very poor I built all the furniture in our apartment. Walnut veneer. When I was middle-aged and poor I built all the furniture in my big waterfront house. Teak veneer. Solid koa. Beautiful. Would to god I had those hours back. (wouldn't mind that finger tip either!)
When you work with hardwoods you must use good masks. Woodworkers' lungs are always full of dust. Tell you what, buy some expensive ship model kits and work on them and practice law. Hire your furniture custom made and buy some fancy african hardwoods -- have something unique made by artists.
For example martinandmacarthur.com

or

yebo.co.za South African made from recycled african hardwood. Also try "african hardwood furniture." Try the "ironwood" or "zebra wood."

or point your search engine at "koa furniture."
Oak is ugly, fibrous, stupid wood. Good primarily for school room and library furniture. Hard maple is too new englandy, and you can't find nice grain any more. Fruit wood is often beautiful. Walnut and butternut make lovely furniture. Tropical hardwoods, especially teak and rosewood are great classics, but weird wood like tigerwood has great potential. I love koa and there are many artists out here who are making future heirlooms pretty cheap.
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