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Dave Chandler
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 Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 4:38 pm Post subject: Hand made Accoutrements |
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Just for fun, below shows a violin peg I made from some Madrone wood, a standing dead tree I cut a piece from about 5 years ago in California. Beautiful red color. The oblong piece is natural at right end, on left end its been given a clear sealer of very thin lacquer. It buffs to a high natural finish without sealer though. I've put ebony and boxwood pegs nearby for color comparison. The lower peg is boxwood, in photo looks similar but in reality the madrone is much redder. Also, a tailpiece made from Rhododendron from here in NC in lower photo.
The madrone cuts like boxwood, very smooth dense wood, wonderful to cut, and polishes nice. It may be heavier though. The rhododendron is very light weight, and because the tailpiece was cut from a branch about 3" wide, the grain makes an interesting topographic design.
[img] 100_3896 by David Chandler, on Flickr[/img]
Rhododendron tailpiece
[img] 100_3894 by David Chandler, on Flickr[/img]
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Mat Roop
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Dave, what is it about rhododendron that made you want to try it??
In my neck of the woods, and as far as I am aware, rhododendrons are small bushes that are unlikely to reach a useable size for wood.
That madrone sure looks nice!
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kubasa
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That's pretty neat. Nice work! I've got a nice piece of spalted maple that I was wanting to make a chinrest out of someday. I like seeing these types of things so thanks for showing us this!
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kjb
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| very nicely done! |
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Dave Chandler
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| Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 8:19 am Post subject: Accoutrements |
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| Mat Roop wrote: | Dave, what is it about rhododendron that made you want to try it??
In my neck of the woods, and as far as I am aware, rhododendrons are small bushes that are unlikely to reach a useable size for wood.
That madrone sure looks nice!
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I have rhododendron in my yard with trunks 6" thick, 12' tall. Just for curiosity, I cut a rather large trunk in a neighboring lot and put aside a piece about 4' long to dry and after a couple year made this tailpiece just to see what the wood was like -- very light, easy to work with, very pretty grain.
The madrone I grew up with, knew what pretty wood it would be, and when I went back home to visit the old homestead in the Santa Cruz mountains a few years back, passed by a huge dead tree and immediately know what I wanted it for.
Tail pieces are very easy to make. I also have a chinrest made from maple burl. I think I posted this some years back, will have to look for the thread.
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