hey everone, Im remodeling my first kitchen and the homowner is letting me make alot of the design decisions. The floor will be bamboo and the rest of the house is oak stained black. The counters will be concrete.
Here is the question: Originally i was going to do walnut for the cabinet doors but while i was at crosscuts (my lumberyard), I saw a wood species there called leapord wood, it looks really cool and id like to use it.. Have any of you used it? can you tell me about it’s charictoristics? (hardness, machinability, streangth, movment, etc..) or your expirience working with it?
Thanks..
______________________________________________
–> measure once / scribble several lines / spend some time figuring out wich scribble / cut the wrong line / get mad
Replies
I'm not a wood expert, but i just did a Google, and found snakewood refered to as leopard wood. If that's what you are thinking of, I think your budget better be six or maybe seven figures. Snakewood is the rarest exotic wood if I'm not mistaken. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong.
If you like that look, maybe quarter sawn white oak, or quarter sawn sycamore might be options. I'm assuming the "flecking" is what caught your eye. I posted a picture of a pomelle grain sapelle board that I have about 6 months ago. A search might bring it up. Sapelle can have some wild grain that might fit your wants. Have a good evening,
let me offer this. I put in pre finished bamboo a few months ago from bamboo harwoods. I am very disapointed. Alot of people warned me about bamboo floors but i did not listen because i liked the look and "sustainable" factor.
I do not recomend them at all! The "harder than oak" claim is not at all true and mine were supposed to be the hardest available.
my dog has nearly ruined them.
I feel suckered by gimmick advertising
I just made a pistol case for carrying my comp gun from club to club out of it. I resawed and booked it. Case gets more comments from other shooters. Your right, it is pretty. I oiled it with teak oil and did not bother with a top coat. I machined it down to 5/16. If I did it again I would stop at 3/8 but I started with 5/4 stock.
Anyway, I could not imagine a kitchen out of it. The cost for the mat'ls would be very, very high. The box is 17X15X9. The mat'l cost was 260.00. I don't remember how many BF I bought but I did not scrap any pieces and I have a length and a half left. (about 8 or 9 BF I think) I chose not to do any fancy joinery work as it's grainy and I have not touched wood for quite a few years. I'll tell you the dust burns your nose and lungs. Resawing it wiped out a bi-metal blade. Now if you were just to use it for the panels and used perhaps a lighter wood for the frames that would look quite nice.
i found a good price on it and that is why im asking about it. Thanks all for your input______________________________________________
--> measure once / scribble several lines / spend some time figuring out wich scribble / cut the wrong line / get mad
sky,
Do NOT store it in the same area as zebrawood. ;-))
Cheers,
Ray
I laughed so hard on that one I fell off my puter chair!
This forum post is now archived. Commenting has been disabled