grsjax Posted February 19, 2016 Share #1 Posted February 19, 2016 I picked up a load of avocado wood today. Anyone have any experience using it in model building? According to the internet it works much like birch or big leaf maple. Color looks to be a light to medium brown. Haven't cut it into boards yet so don't know how the grain is going to look. Canute and Altduck 2 Quote My advice and comments are always worth what you paid for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donrobinson Posted February 20, 2016 Share #2 Posted February 20, 2016 Would be interesting to see some pictures of it. Seventynet and Canute 2 Quote Completed: MS-AVS, Amati Trabaccolo, Dusek ship's boat, AL-Mayflower, Batelina - MarisStella, MarisStella-Trabakul Liburnian Novilara - MarisStella, 17th Century Battle Station, Ragusian Galley-MarisStella Current: Barque Stefano - MarisStella, On Hold: Amati Pegasus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted February 20, 2016 Share #3 Posted February 20, 2016 Here's some of what I could find on it via Google... http://www.woodmagazine.com/materials-guide/lumber/wood-species-1/avocado/ http://www.avocadosource.com/CAS_Yearbooks/CAS_28_1943/CAS_1943_PG_25.pdf It is apparently hard to get although some do make furniture from it. Canute 1 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donrobinson Posted February 20, 2016 Share #4 Posted February 20, 2016 Thanks for the information Canute 1 Quote Completed: MS-AVS, Amati Trabaccolo, Dusek ship's boat, AL-Mayflower, Batelina - MarisStella, MarisStella-Trabakul Liburnian Novilara - MarisStella, 17th Century Battle Station, Ragusian Galley-MarisStella Current: Barque Stefano - MarisStella, On Hold: Amati Pegasus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reklein Posted February 20, 2016 Share #5 Posted February 20, 2016 Hee Hee, apparently Avacado wood is not hard to come by in Hawaii. Fun. Don, looks like you are the first to give it a serious effort. You could build a series of models and call it your Guacamole fleet. Be interested to find out how it works out. What is the color, does it mill nicely? Does it sand smoothly?. What is the hardness ,say compared to pine ,or maple? Fun stuff. Bill in Idaho, where Avacado is a house plant. Altduck, flying_dutchman2, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote Bill, in Idaho Completed Mamoli Halifax and Billings Viking ship in 2015 Next Model Shipways Syren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grsjax Posted February 21, 2016 Author Share #6 Posted February 21, 2016 Here is a picture of a piece of the wood. I think this is sap wood which is lighter than the heart wood. Still very wet so could change color as it dries. It planes easily. Canute, mtaylor and mrjimmy 3 Quote My advice and comments are always worth what you paid for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrjimmy Posted February 21, 2016 Share #7 Posted February 21, 2016 Hi, grsjax........... What is the approximate diameter of the large section in your photo? Jim Canute 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grsjax Posted February 21, 2016 Author Share #8 Posted February 21, 2016 Hi, grsjax........... What is the approximate diameter of the large section in your photo? Jim 4 to 5 inches. mtaylor, Canute and mrjimmy 3 Quote My advice and comments are always worth what you paid for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrjimmy Posted February 21, 2016 Share #9 Posted February 21, 2016 Thank you, sir...... mtaylor and Canute 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donrobinson Posted February 24, 2016 Share #10 Posted February 24, 2016 In my opinion it looks like it might be a little too porous for the scales we work in. Wait and see how it looks when it is completely dry, maybe it will tighten up. Canute and mtaylor 2 Quote Completed: MS-AVS, Amati Trabaccolo, Dusek ship's boat, AL-Mayflower, Batelina - MarisStella, MarisStella-Trabakul Liburnian Novilara - MarisStella, 17th Century Battle Station, Ragusian Galley-MarisStella Current: Barque Stefano - MarisStella, On Hold: Amati Pegasus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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