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Why am I a glutton for punishment for using boxwood? I find it quite pleasant to work with and it does takes a lovely finish. Lignum Vitae is something else entirely - aside from being strangely oily it is really, really, very hard and quickly blunted my turning tools the one time I turned a piece. I made it into a box - which ended up heavy, dark, and really rather boring to look at :-(Boxwood is lovely to cut, doesn't wear the edge off my tools particularly quickly, and can take lovely fine detail. I have never attempted to use a handplane on any though - just turning tools or a handsaw, bandsaw, wood rasps, abrasives, powered and manual and on occasion those little HSS cutters that come with dremels, It is difficult to stain effectively - spirit stains look washed out, slightly muddy and often quite patchy - so you are stuck with the pale yellow colour.tekno.mage
Why am I a glutton for punishment for using boxwood? I find it quite pleasant to work with and it does takes a lovely finish. Lignum Vitae is something else entirely - aside from being strangely oily it is really, really, very hard and quickly blunted my turning tools the one time I turned a piece. I made it into a box - which ended up heavy, dark, and really rather boring to look at :-(
Boxwood is lovely to cut, doesn't wear the edge off my tools particularly quickly, and can take lovely fine detail. I have never attempted to use a handplane on any though - just turning tools or a handsaw, bandsaw, wood rasps, abrasives, powered and manual and on occasion those little HSS cutters that come with dremels, It is difficult to stain effectively - spirit stains look washed out, slightly muddy and often quite patchy - so you are stuck with the pale yellow colour.
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