This is a beautiful wood. If you have allergies to certain woods, use care with leopardwood. I’ve had adverse skin reactions each time, even with veneer.
This wood species looks like if mahogany and oak had a little party together. I think the scraper really adds another dimension to the grain figure as well. Thanks for the upload.
Yes, this wood is absolutely gorgeous! I found out the hard way that I was severely allergic to it though. I have friends who have also had an adverse reaction to Leopardwood/Lacewood so I took what I thought were necessary precautions wearing long sleeves and a respirator. The fine sawdust still caused an allergic reaction that had me in misery for a couple weeks. Be careful if you use this wood until you find out if it effects you.
I use this stuff to make picture frames, and while I was warned about skin reactions, I have not personally had any. It does splinter really easily though, and my local shop sells this stuff by the pound not board-foot, so it becomes pretty expensive to do anything with it. I still like it though!
I'm curious how the finishing tips in your walnut video would work on leopard wood to really make the grain pop. Would love another video on different ways to finish leopard wood.
I have had a leapord wood billet for about 8yrs sitting in my basement I finally used some of it for a fretboard on my first tennor ukulele build. This wood is nice however it does splinter easly & I got a small rash from working with it.
I'm not an expert by any means but it's my understanding that "Lacewood" is not a specific species. It's more of a generic or umbrella term to describe the appearance of at least a couple of dozen species- (per Wikipedia,) of which "Leopardwood" is only one. So, Leopardwood is an of Lacewood, but not all Lacewood is Leopardwood. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacewood
Just discovered your channel and it looks like awesome stuff happens here also a very professional video. ! Which brings me to a question: Do you guy use / have heard of Imbuia wood. I regularly come into contact with furniture that has been made with this wood and I need to restore or do a major repair on them. Hence I would like to hear from experts on their experience with this type of wood. It is a beautiful wood with a strong nose when sander down and nice to work with if your tools are sharp... but what do the clever people say ?
Nice looking wood. I have a side question. I noticed you using a synthetic pad in this video as well as others. I've been using steel wool but want to try these pads. Can you wash them out and reuse them? Or just use them until they are clogged up with debris?
Were does that wood come from? It looks a lot like chilean hazelnut (gevuina avellana), just got some of that as "firewood" and got to make some awesome boxes
Really enjoy the vids, Mark. While I agree that sources will sometimes interchange the names, this is a mistake. Lacewood and Leopardwood are two distinct woods. See this: www.wood-database.com/wood-finder/?fwp_name=L
I knew someone would eventually say it. You win the prize. It's actually at least 4 different *species*. But the point is still the same... the piece of wood in my hands gets named two different names at any given time and there's really no singular definitive source that makes the rules to keep everybody in line.
sooo. .... it's not ribbon grain mahogany then ? Back in the day, my grandfather used it on a CPL houses of cabinetry, entryways, feature mirror wall (all custom), kitchen and bathroom cabinets. I guess that was before the GREENICIDE OF INTERNATIONAL LUMBER INDUSTRY.
