Lets see your wood

[Hypnotic Chimera]

Been steadily acquiring a variety of different chunks of wood with the intent to make some little trinket or keepsake boxes.
Desire is to dovetail the joints, and have different species for the ends and sides and something different again for the top.

Here's most of my stash.

Amazique

Tulipwood/poplar

Wenge

American Cherry

Wild Mango

A few pieces of oak flooring board offcuts

Unknown species, circa 10mm thick, reclaimed from a long coffee table (bit of hand sawing practice showing in this piece) underside:

finished topside
Also sitting on a longass length of sapele

And the large intact table top - around 5 ft long

 

[Hypnotic Chimera]

A few small sheets of different veneers for box tops

Oak burl, walnut burl, thuya burl, maple, and 2x fir burl

For veneer backing I have a few small sheets of 6mm walnut faced plywood.

Finally also have a block of salted ash in transit that is mainly intended for box tops, but might also become box sides.

 

[Katomi woodsmith]

Nice selection

 

[pgrbff]

My son wanted a lift to Milan so I popped into a high end timber dealer whilst I was waiting for him, unfortunately I couldn't resist.
The widest piece is probably Platymiscium Yucatanum or Mexican rosewood, it is what is left after veneer has been cut. About 1/2" thick, 2,5m long.
It's a shame I'm not into making boxes.
I have edited the name as the seller called it granadillo, told me it was from south America.

 

[Morag Jones]

I have been clearing some yew scrub in prep for building works, nothing bigger than 120-150mm dimeter but I have put by the tastiest bits. Can anyone recommend the best way to prep it for future turning please? Even wet it was a delight to play with and clearly worth keeping. There will be stumps too when the digger comes.... TIA

 

[alex robinson]

I have been clearing some yew scrub in prep for building works, nothing bigger than 120-150mm dimeter but I have put by the tastiest bits. Can anyone recommend the best way to prep it for future turning please? Even wet it was a delight to play with and clearly worth keeping. There will be stumps too when the digger comes.... TIA

Usual suggestions about painting the ends to even out the drying process and keeping under cover. Otherwise you could try the twice turning method. I find yew surprisingly good natured for drying though.

 

[Stigmorgan]

As above, seal the ends with whatever you have to hand, paint/pva/wax. Leave them long if you can, I've also seen a few suggestions to store them vertically, with Holly it helps to keep the wood white instead of grey.