Timeline for How might I finish this hardwood board for use as a shelf?
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| Feb 19, 2022 at 17:31 | vote | accept | 286642 | ||
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| Feb 3, 2022 at 0:03 | answer | added | Karl Wolfschtagg | timeline score: -2 | |
| Feb 2, 2022 at 17:15 | answer | added | Graphus | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 2, 2022 at 16:46 | vote | accept | 286642 | ||
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| Feb 2, 2022 at 2:28 | comment | added | Graphus | @286642, I did indeed, sorry for not responding but I've been unexpectedly busy and haven't been able to find a block of time to add the Answer here I intended to (as well as to a couple of other current Qs) so I've been pecking away at them piecemeal. Anyway thanks for those, they do make it much clearer what you have (the strip of sapwood is particularly indicative). But Notice gnicko's comment about the wood looking like sapele to illustrate what I was talking about; again, I think the coarse sanding texture could be what's throwing people. | |
| Feb 1, 2022 at 19:45 | comment | added | 286642 | @graphus, I just wasn’t sure any more would roll in! Also, did you see the updated pics in the OP? | |
| Feb 1, 2022 at 17:01 | comment | added | Graphus | OP, it's considered a good idea not to quickly select an Answer when one arrives but to wait a while before awarding the tick, since another that suits you more/is better/gets more upvotes could be added in due course. | |
| Feb 1, 2022 at 16:31 | vote | accept | 286642 | ||
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| Feb 1, 2022 at 14:45 | answer | added | David D | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 1, 2022 at 13:37 | comment | added | gnicko | Your "rosewood" looks like Sapele, which is a "stand-in" for mahogany. | |
| Jan 31, 2022 at 16:57 | comment | added | 286642 | I see. Thank you very much @bowlturner! The process of elimination at work :) | |
| Jan 31, 2022 at 16:40 | comment | added | bowlturner♦ | Just to add a comment about 'turning' to make a shelf, that is certainly NOT what you want to do. Turning is the process of mounting wood on a lathe, spinning it and using chisels to shape it into things, like bowls, goblets, chess pieces etc. "Rosewood" (the common name can be applied to several different woods) is often used in turning small things like finials and other accents, since the price discourages larger things like bowls. | |
| Jan 31, 2022 at 15:27 | comment | added | 286642 | I have no sanding supplies besides some old sandpaper. I’m not averse to buying a power sanding tool or the like, if necessary | |
| Jan 31, 2022 at 7:30 | comment | added | Volfram K | Do you have any sanding supplies or will you need to buy materials? | |
| Jan 31, 2022 at 1:30 | history | edited | 286642 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 30, 2022 at 23:39 | comment | added | CommunityBot | Please edit the question to limit it to a specific problem with enough detail to identify an adequate answer. | |
| Jan 30, 2022 at 18:14 | comment | added | 286642 | Hey, I just added some pics to the OP. I splashed some water on the wood to show the grain a little better. Any thoughts? Re: "scraped or sanded" is this a process that i'd tackle on my own? or does this take special equipment? I want the job to be done as precisely as possible--the surface should be totally level | |
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| Jan 30, 2022 at 17:27 | comment | added | Graphus | which I presume other observers will be too. Anyway, the species is actually semi-irrelevant to finishing recommendations (very different woods can be finished the exact same way) but this was still useful to delve into since the coarse surface finish has a direct bearing on preparation — it's not absolutely necessary, but I would definitely want this scraped or sanded smoother before embarking on the finish-application steps. BTW good news on that front, there are some very simple finish options that even a first-timer should be able to get good to excellent results with. | |
| Jan 30, 2022 at 17:21 | comment | added | Graphus | Well if this is Amazon rosewood it just goes to highlight why wood IDs can be so difficult! I'm very familiar with what's colloquially known as Rio rosewood from vintage Stanley plane handles, and Dalbergia spruceana is supposed to closely resemble it (although general colouring tends more tan/orange than red/brown). More than that, Dalbergias almost ubiquitously have defined black streaking in the heartwood, which seems conspicuously absent from the pictured board. Also the texture should be denser and smoother/more waxy; don't know if I'm being thrown by a very coarse sanding texture [contd] | |
| Jan 30, 2022 at 0:06 | comment | added | 286642 | Hi @Graphus, I really appreciate your comment. I purchased the slab from a reputable specialty lumberyard with over 30 years of experience and the largest selection of wood species on the East Coast. The man who sold this to me said he doesn't think he'll see this wood again. It is Dalbergia Spruceana (Amazon Rosewood), and if you google it, the wood in the images looks quite a bit like what I purchased today. | |
| Jan 29, 2022 at 23:36 | history | edited | Graphus | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 29, 2022 at 23:13 | comment | added | Graphus | OK first off sorry to disappoint you, but pretty sure that's not rosewood. One early clue is that rosewood is no longer available commercially (unless old stock) because of being certified as an endangered species by CITES. Wood IDs are notoriously difficult to do online but rosewoods, although there are many types from multiple sources, tend to share certain characteristics — you're probably familiar with the from guitar fingerboards — which appear to be absent from the pictured board. Not that this is any way changes what you might do finish-wise, but I thought you'd want to know. | |
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