Rosewood

[Pauls321]

Hi gang, I was playing a social game of bowls yesterday against a lady and having a drink after the game, she says...Hey Paul, its council roadside pickup coming up in a couple of days ( Urunga where I bowl at, 15kms from me, is in the Bellingen Shire, I live at Valla Beach, Nambucca Shire), we are tossing out a very old timber cupboard/entertainment unit/whatever it was called, and its made from Rosewood. I said you sure its Rosewood, she says yes, so we have been told. Was in the house when they bought the house 8 years ago, weighs a ton, and now want to get rid of it. So they obviously somehow pulled it all apart, just to move it to the roadside curb. I drove her home and no way would I fit it into my Kia Sportage. I drove back this morning with my Ozito cordless circular saw, (love it) and ripped it up to fit into my car.

I just spent most of the afternoon ripping it up on my DeWalt table saw, it was all 20mm thick. (there are also two panels that were in a panel frame door 12mm thick, not in photo). These lengths are about 900mm long. I am supposed to be getting rid of timber, recently another mate at bowls gave me quite a few nice lengths of (also) Rosewood and some Jacaranda. So my "getting rid of timber" idea isnt working that well.

Should get a few boxes out of this lot.

Paul

[labr@]

Nice haul Paul, not the sort of stuff you really want to get rid of.
Presumably the lady involved will receive a rather nice rosewood box at some stage .

[62woollybugger]

I drive past your place quite often so I can do you a favour & drop in & take it off your hands. Just to help you out of course.

[Simplicity]

Paul, Well obviously this “Bowl game” is the problem, nice score.

Cheers Matt.

[Pauls321]

Thanks all, and yes I will have to make the woman a nice little Rosewood box. Yesterday, when looking at all this, I ummed and ahhed and thought, how am I gonna get all this home, and I have a reasonable amount of Rosewood already, I left then, thought more about it overnight, phoned her this morning, yes all still there, then off I goes with my Ozito circular saw.

I was just sussing out Rosewood on ebay, can't believe how much some of it is. Another mate at bowls, he is a builder, runs a very large building business, was only saying the other day how much timber and steel have gone up in price, says it is ridiculous.

Paul

[Toymaker Len]

Maybe an archtop rosewood guitar with a couple of those panels...When you get around to it.

[Treecycle]

Well Paul, you can't help bad luck. People putting good timber in front of your nose and expecting that you might take it off their hands, they should be ashamed of themselves😏. But really, it's nice when you come across those sorts of hauls and you can see straight away that it is going to be very useful without having to sort through it and get rid of any rubbish amongst it. Doesn't look like it even had a lick of paint on it to get rid of like some old furniture.
I suppose we won't hear from you for a while while you are using it all up.😉 I notice some special features in the 10th piece from the top. Will you be incorporating them into a box🤣

[Pauls321]

Hi Dallas, how's it going mate. Yes that piece has some screws stuck out the side of it. I'll worry about those when the time comes. Other pieces have a few nails in them I knocked the tops off, I put a big chalk cross where those are. Will be more than sufficient to work around these things.

I probably wont get to all these for a bit, getting close to the finishing stages of those 37 resin boxes I been working on. Got one custom order nearly completed, now my grand daughter is arriving tomorrow arvo in her motor home and is wanting the carpet ripped up and a floating floor put in place,....hmmm...!

Paul

[homey]

Hi Paul,

A brilliant score - congratulations! Colour me green with envy

Best regards,

Brian

[Mobyturns]

We are not jealous ..... much!

If I repeat that 1000 times I may convince myself. Thou shalt not covert thy fellow wood workers wood stash.

[RGP]

I constantly get scalded for stopping suddenly & picking up a roadside find, most younger folk have no idea the value of Australian cabinet timbers.

Cheers.