2008年10月31日 · Japanese use the wood for sushi cutting boards. The wood is also used in some furniture, such as chests, etc., but apparently there is an insect that does eat it... A few years ago I was building a house on a piece of land with a huge, very old ginko tree. They cut it down with chainsaws and trucked off the wood to the dump. What a waste!

2004年11月1日 · Wood finishing is one of the biggest bugaboos for many woodworkers. Though they remain undaunted by complex joinery or intricate and precise machining, scores of woodworkers still cringe at the thought of applying a finish to their work.

2011年2月11日 · Over time, the welded wood is just as strong as the base material provided you get adequate penetration. In some woods this can be a challenge without excessive carbon inclusion which renders the weld brittle and subject to failure. Cold weather would have no more effect on welded wood than natural wood of the same species.

2009年10月25日 · When people start talking about wood and fungi, the idea of wood anatomical direction always comes up. So lets all get on the same page: So lets all get on the same page: There are two directions of interest here – the long direction, which is up and down the tree stem, and the radial direction, which is ‘in and out’ from the pith to the ...

2006年11月25日 · A wood or sheet metal screw which CUTS its own threads will probably hold better than wood tapped for machine threads since clearance designed between tap & screw. A long engagement between screw & wood is also desirable. A safe approach might be to allow enough wood that you could drill for an insert if you strip the wood.

2009年4月14日 · However, people with immune system disorders should not work with spalted wood. Because areas of heavy white rot are likely to be softer than regular wood, when handplaning, use a low-angle blade to slice through the wood. Turning is a great way to display spalted wood. You can turn dried blanks, but green wood has a more consistent density.

2024年10月10日 · Seri Robinson, a professor of wood anatomy, agrees with the marketers of "food-safe" finishes that bacteria-especially salmonella, listeria, and E. coli-are a threat to human health. But, Robinson says, those finishes can undermine the natural antimicrobial properties of wood. If an unfinished wooden cutting board or spoon is rinsed after use and allowed to dry on all sides, the drying action ...

2006年7月28日 · You want red? This wood is red! And it stays that way. Heavy and hard.It's gorgeous, sands and scrapes beautifully, takes oil without looking at all muddy, I like to finish with lacquer, it finishes and polishes like stone. And there's the problem.This wood works like it is filled with granite grit and glass. It dulls tools very fast.

2008年4月7日 · The floor in the old colonial Govenors house on Ilha da Mozambique was made with Panga Panga, (partridge wood) Millettia stuhlmanii, 300 years ago, we just restored it with a bit of steel wool and some white wax polish and it looks like new, so yes it is durable and suitable for flooring.....and furniture and just about anything dark and classy ...

2010年5月1日 · Arthrographis cuboidea pink stain on wood shavings. Be warned – when turning pink stained wood, your shop may very well turn pink in the process. It is a different sort of pink than the red/pink commonly seen in boxelder trees (which, if you recall, is not spalting), and unlike the pink stain of boxelder, does not fade in indoor light.