I was recently offered some table top size pieces of very beautiful bubinga. The boards are on the order of 40″ wide and 12′ long. They have been dried in a vacuum kiln and surface sanded. They are very straight and flat but only 3/8″ thick.
I am perplex about how to use such material. It is not thick enough to use be used as a slab of solid lumber and it is too thick to be called veneer. What type of structure can I use that will both support the material and also allow it to expand and contract? Does vacuum drying some how improve the stability characteristics of the material?
Thanks
aeb
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Start building some guitars. Or, sell it to somebody who does. Wouldn't want to waste that on a table top.
Tortion box.
door panels, not big ones though.
I second the torsion box idea or suggest finding a secondary wood with the same shrink rate to laminate them to.
Door panels or perhaps musical instruments although I don't know if this is a prized species for instruments.
Make them into panels and frame them up to make some cabinets. 'Binga and maple look great together. Black walnut frames could look very pretty with 'Binga too, I think.
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