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Jens

Now I see why you won't have time for your engine swap for a couple of years.

That is a real restoration job. Hope it all goes well.

My newly built guitar stand, made from South African Tambooti, a fragrant and beautiful hardwood. Like all projects it took far longer than I thought it would, that said, I'm pretty chuffed with this.








Tambooti has nicely nicely figured heartwood, it grows slowly and is found throughout southern Africa and while beautiful it is dangerous, here is a piece taken from a game reserve web site:

Tambooti
Cutting the wood needs to be done with great care, as the tree sap and sawdust can cause eye and skin irritation. Smoke from burning the wood is also very poisonous and can cause severe stomach upsets. However, this highly scented wood is highly effective in keeping away insects. Tamboti clothes hangers keep fish moths away – even a small piece of wood placed between clothes will be effective. The Herero tribe in Namibia make sweet smelling beaded necklaces from the wood. It is said that if you scrape a one hundred year old piece of Tamboti wood it will still give off its strong sandalwood-like scent. The milky latex which oozes from the tree has been used for centuries by the local tribes for poisoning fish to make for an easier catch, and for applying to the tips of spears when hunting.

Don't put it on the bar-be-cue

Stunning!
But I think we need a new thread “What Have you Beautifully Crafted Today?”

That is definitely not a bodge.


Bud
4/4 - Stanley

+1

That is a thing of beauty. Well done.

Lovely work Kevin. An object to be admired even if one hasn't got a guitar!
I have always liked the appearance of well crafted hardwoods and have an aged box of 70no. A4 sized veneer samples from Shadbolts. The fragrance when the box is opened hasn't diminished over the 50 years that I have had it although there isn't a piece of Tambooti in it - presumably because of its properties. There is however a piece of Yew which I know also has toxic properties.

That's truly lovely, well done! I don't suppose you fancy knocking up another 2 dozen, do you?

Great work. You should be very proud of that.

Kevcaster, superb job, a lot of hours invested in that project for sure.

Money simply can't buy the satisfaction that project will have given you I'm sure. Well done.

Super workmanship Kevin, lovely figure & grain in that wood

Used to purchase some very high spec internal doors from Shadbolt, also knew them as Shadbolt & Petter in the early days