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  1. 11-09-2011, 4:11 PM #16
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    WOW!

    I like your shop almost as much as your kitchen. Nooo, not quite. But I envy your shop as much as I do your kitchen.

    Great work.
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  2. 11-09-2011, 4:30 PM #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eric DeSilva View Post
    Wow. That is spectacular!

    I love the way bloodwood looks, but the one time I played with it, I had a devil of a time resawing. Stuff warped like crazy when cut in half, even though it was well seasoned. Must have been a lot of internal tensions in the wood, or something to do with the density. Given how much you have now used... Did I get some kind of particularly awful piece, or is it all like that?
    Yes, milling all that bloodwood was a lot of work and not very fun at all.
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  3. 11-09-2011, 8:56 PM #18
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    That looks fantastic. Not a single thing I don't love about it.
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    STUNNING!!!! That is beautiful. Jim.
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    absolutely stunning. You are a true craftsman
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    Richard, I can't think of any superlatives that haven't been already given so I'll just say WOW!

    What does bloodwood go for in your neck of the woods?
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    Thats a grand slam

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  8. 11-09-2011, 11:48 PM #23
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    Awesome! My wife is not allowed to see this kitchen.
    So what does bloodwood do over time? Get darker, lighter, turn brown??

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  9. 11-10-2011, 1:19 AM #24
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    One of my suppliers told me that it turns brown quickly. Not sure if this is UV or oxidization. I'm curious to know if / how this kitchen changes over time. Looks very nice!
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    Bloodwood makes about the finest dust of all. no matter what dc I had I could always smell it when I cut it. I remember hand planing the edge of one board. 1/2 the edge have opposite grain.
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  11. 11-10-2011, 2:28 AM #26
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    Thanks for sharing. It's dynamite. When we renovated several years ago we put in a top of the line kitchen for LOML (cabinets and appliances) as she's a great cook. It's not a show kitchen, it's a used one. And I get the benefit of that!!! But I appreciated the comment about loving your shop as well as your kitchen. I'll second that. You would cringe if you had to work in mine. My heart would soar like an eagle if I had yours.
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    Quote Originally Posted by J.R. Rutter View Post
    One of my suppliers told me that it turns brown quickly. Not sure if this is UV or oxidization. I'm curious to know if / how this kitchen changes over time. Looks very nice!
    I have used some Bloodwood and it is still the exact same color after a few years.. Also did a Padauk cabinet with figured maple drawers and the Padauk has turned a bit brown..

    I think Bloodwood holds the red color much better than Padauk..

    However, I found the Bloodwood to be difficult to work with .. Padauk machined and sanded easily and finished well.. The bloodwood I used was troublesome ... the grain is all over the place, its harder to keep straight, and the red dust stains other woods like maple, making the maple pink.. If I tried to inlay it in maple again, I would scrape it rather than sand it ..
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  13. 11-10-2011, 6:03 AM #28
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    Very nice work!

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  14. 11-10-2011, 11:01 AM #29
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    Stunning kitchen, every aspect is great. Love the bloodwood.
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  15. 11-10-2011, 12:59 PM #30
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    Absolutely gorgeous!

    May I suggest a light rail molding under the wall cabinets with some low voltage task lighting. When I did kitchen remodeling, customers always loved the undecab lights.

    Again...absolutely gorgeous!

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