Some more projects by our good friend Gorst Duplessis

Surfboard quality Balsa 12/4 lumber.

NEW SHIPMENT OF BALSA DUE IN SEPTEMBER

CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR NEWSLETTER LIST

AND BE NOTIFIED WHEN IT ARRIVES

Surfboard quality Balsa has been in short supply with high demand for some time now.
We have committed to a mill in So. America to take all their 9' and 10 ' stock.

Although we are known for our rare exotic hardwoods, we are now stocking Balsa for high end surfboards.


The word is getting out that we have this stock and local So. Cal. shapers are coming in.

It will be great to see what is done with this stuff.
Maybe I'll see some out in the water!


It takes about 60 board feet, + or - of Balsa to make a 10 ft. blank.
About $400 - $430 worth of wood.


The best Balsa grows on the equator with an average weight of 10 lbs. per cubic foot.

Other uses are aircraft, flotation filler, model making, and I think I saw John Wayne break a chair over another guy in a bar room brawl made of Balsa.

Balsa is a fast growing tree and is considered a crop!
Three to five years to get good quality lumber.


Your welcome to give us a call at 760-434-3030 if you have any questions or just stop by the shop and have a look.

Thanks,

Mitch

A couple Jewelry Boxes by customer Andrew Hughes

Jewelry box made out of some of our asian striped ebony
This one is a James Krenov inspired jewelry box. Made out of mahogany with pearwood top and bottom. Very Nice.

Carved Bowl by customer Ed Koenig

Ed purchased this cocobolo at this years AAW Symposium in Richmond, VA.

He got a beautiful dead cocobolo log that had fallen many years ago in the mountains of central Mexico.

No bark or sapwood was on the log.

The center pith was very tight too.

Some of the nicest color comes from these logs.

The Mexican Forestry requires us to have these logs in our inventory when we bring cocobolo from the cutting sites.

I feel it will not be long before cocobolo is listed on CITIES and not available as a commercial wood as it is now.

I am hoping in the future we will be able to get CITIES permits for "dead" cocobolo trees, but this will be very expensive.

The Most Figure Pommele Cocobolo we have ever seen!!!

Possibly the most figured pieces of Cocobolo that we will ever see.

Mitch says in his 35+ years of selling Cocobolo, he has never come across Cocobolo with this kind of figure!!!

7 pieces available-
2 pieces of lumber
1 piece 1" x 3" x 42"
1 piece 1" x 3" x 48"


5 pieces of 3.5" turning squares
1 piece 3.5" square x 15"
1 piece 3.5" square x 20"
2 pieces 3.5" square x 25"
1 piece 3.5" square x 10"

All pieces have been SOLD, thanks

The shipment from Australia is here!!!

The shipment is here. Tons of great looking slabs in various different sizes. Jarrah Burl, Curly Rose Myrtle, Black Heart Sassafras, Black Acacia and more... We also have two crates of turning stock, check back for pictures once we get them out. Give us a call if you have any questions
760-434-3030

Natural Edged Cocobolo Slabs

As a result of many of our customers asking, here are the sizes and prices for about half of the Natural Edged Cocobolo short slabs that we have in stock. Give us a call if you have any questions. 760-434-3030

A. SOLD
B. 2"x12-15"x48" $315.00
C. 2" 11-16" x 49" $321.56
D. 2"10-12"x49" $262.00
E. 2"x13-15"x49 $333.47
F. 2"x13-15"x53" $360.69

Ebony Lumber, Hard to Find

Ebony right now is really hard to get, let alone in these lengths. Here is what we have in stock:

A. SOLD
B. SOLD
C. SOLD
D. 3.25"x7-8"x 71"- $961.46
E. SOLD
F. SOLD
G. SOLD

Prices and sizes of our Masur Birch

This stuff is not only delightful to turn but has one of the nicest endgrain figure of any wood.
Here is a sampling of of a few different sizes and prices. We also have full logs as well.

A. 3"x 5.5"x 24 $117.00
B. 5.5"rd x26.5" $221.00
C. 6.5" rd x 7" $78.00
D. 5.5"rd x 8.5" $71.50
E. 6"rd x 12" $117.00
F. 6.5"rd x 12" $130.00

Pernambuco bowl blanks

As good as Curly figure gets!!!

A. 2" x 5.75" 5.75"- $114.80 each

B. 2" x 7"x 7"- $170.14 each

C. 2"x 2"x 6"- $41.60 each

(Longer lumber and additional sizes also available)

Pink Ivory

Nice Pink Ivory Bowl blanks and turning squares

A. 3" x 4.5"x4.5" $50.00ea
B. 3" x 5.5" x 5.5" $80.00ea
C. 3" x 6" x 6" $90.00ea
D. 2" x2" x 12" $39.50ea

Baseball bat made by customer Kyle Toth

Neat baseball bat made with some of our Purpleheart. Done by customer Kyle Toth of Toth Industries from near by Temecula, Ca. Send him an email at woodbykyletoth@gmail.com or give him a call at 951-333-9854 to learn more about his segmented turnings.

Bowl Turned out of Tasmanian Resin Vein Eucalyptus Burl

Bowl Turned out of Tasmanian Resin Vein Eucalyptus Burl by a member of the South Puget Sound Woodturners

If you like this, we still have plenty of Bowl Blanks and Turning Squares in a variety of Sizes

Lignum Vitae Sculpture

This Sculpture was done by Peter Larsen way back in '87. It looks as though he used a solid lignum Vitae log. We still have a few logs of this size here at the shop.

Cocobolo...Something???

Found this old picture laying around the shop. It didn't have a date on it or the name of the artist who made it. Worst of all it didn't even have a description of what it is. Mitch thinks its some kind of loom or maybe some elaborate easel. What ever it it is, he/she picked out some really nice cocobolo. Any ideas of what this might be?