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I took a chance and bought some lumber off of eBay. Lucked out and was very satisfied with the result. The seller was "Curlyloggerfrancis". He cuts wood from salvage trees and his inventory depends on what he can get this way. I purchased maple, walnut and cherry from him and was very pleased with what I got. Nice people to deal with and they sell a quality product. -
Living in Hawaii I run across some interesting wood that isn't usually available elsewhere. While reading an article on tropical woods I ran across a reference to Breadfruit wood being used for building and carving in the south Pacific islands. I asked around and a friend that is a wood turner told me he had a piece in his shop that he had had for 20 years or so and never got around to using. Said I could have it if I wanted it. Wood is light colored and has a fine grain. Before I started cutting it up I thought I would ask here if anyone has any experiance with it for model building. Don't want to end up throwing it away because I screwed up the milling or something or worse using it to build a model and then have it fail in some way.
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Not exactly wood but it does come from a tree. Saw some small carvings made from Ivory Nut at the flea market. The carvings had very sharp edges. Has anyone used this for carving parts? Any information on how durable it is?
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Hi John Thanks for the info. The wood is hard to come by so I thought I would grab some pieces while they were available. Good to know it is nice stuff just to have around. If I can figure out how to do it I will post a picture of the wood. I can only get offcuts of the wood the owner has left over.
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I will try. Not very good with this digital photo thing.
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Sugi Pine is the national tree of Japan. I live in Hawaii where the trees have been planted and can get some small pieces of this wood. It is very dark. Has anyone used it for model building?
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Who Sells Clench Nails
grsjax replied to grsjax's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
Hi The model is 1/16th scale so the nails would be about 24ga or there abouts I think. Just checked back with Modelexpo and they now have them on their end of the month sale list for 2.5 cents each. Much more reasonable price and I went ahead and ordered what I need. These nails are 1/2" long and the shank is between .02 and .03" in size so they should be about right. -
Just a question for the forum members. Does anyone know where to obtain photo etched nails and roves? Modelexpo has them but the cost is very high and it takes them a month to send them out. I can make them but would rather spend my time building.
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