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   mikegagne | Aug 14, 2005 04:25am | #1

   are you sure that isnt sawburn? Just kidding, that kind of curl can happen in any specie and can be caused by a few things from genetics to stressloads like wind or branch size. I have never seen genetic curl in ebony (could be though) but have seen it from what appears as stress marks in a portion of a block. That is a real nice piece there and I hope you get to show it off somewhere. aloha, mike

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   douglas2cats | Aug 14, 2005 04:46am | #2

   I don't know if it's common or not. But I discovered some slight curl in some Gabon Ebony a few weeks ago as I was hand-planing it. A few days after planing, both the curl and some lighter colored streaks in the wood had completely darkened and were no longer distinguishable from the overall black of the wood. I don't have a lot of experience with ebony so I can't say whether my piece behaved normally or not.

   Waddaya mean it wont fit through the door?

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   KeithNewton | Aug 14, 2005 06:47am | #3

   I also have some. Mine is a little bit larger than yours. Maybe you should send yours to me though so I can do a larger project with it.

   What is the price for ebony in your area?

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   rickles13 | Aug 14, 2005 03:54pm | #4

   Keith..

   The piece is approximately 2"x2"x12" and cost $39.99, I was going to combine it with some pink ivory and make a small trinket box for my wife, I bought it at my local Woodcraft in Franklin Tennessee, (just south of Nashville).

   Looked at it this morning and that is definitely curl in that wood.

   Thanks

   R13

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   Kevin | Aug 15, 2005 05:20am | #5

   I just recently saw some nice examples of Pink Ivory which was very curly. Almost like a Tiger Maple in appearance except for the color. An outfit here in Portland which sells exotic and domestic hardwoods called Gilmer Wood. Kinda spendy, but a great selection.

   Try this... second half of the page: http://gilmerwood.com/salepage2.htm

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   gj13 | Aug 15, 2005 04:20pm | #6

   "Spendy," eh?  I heard that's a new slang in the northwest. 

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   Ricks503 | Aug 15, 2005 11:03pm | #7

   Slang version refers to Gasoline and house prices here in the Northwest

   1 - measure the board twice, 2 - cut it once, 3 - measure the space where it is supposed to go        4 - get a new board and go back to step 1

   Edited 8/15/2005 4:22 pm ET by Ricks503