Adeus árvore centenária! Teus galhos cheios de folhas não mais darão sombra e frutos. Não mais protegerás os humanos dos raio do sol. Nem os pássaros farão seus ninhos. Não mais fornecerás oxigênio e a vida será cada vez mais sofrida...adeus, árvore centenária, adeus!!
That was some beautiful wood Though I would have loved to see a two or three inch thick piece to make a big table , they missed that opportunity there. 😢
When you cut big tress like that from the forests that have age maybe more than 30 to 40 years old ... what have you done to recover the damage of the respective forests that you cut those tres?....
For sure this is Padauk. The more you work with it, the more you hate it. Those blood red dust sticks everywhere, most finishes takes centuries to dry and it gets very dark red within months. I'm glad it is now on the CITES list, there are many timbers which are way better!
I also think like you, this rare wood is exploited in the primeval forests of Vietnam and smuggled in many ways, enriching the Communist Party officials who live on top of the Vietnamese.
We humans have a knack for destroying everything especially beautiful and rare things. This is such pretty wood that will eventually become endangered if not extinct without conservation efforts.
Si esa sierra hubiera trabajado en forma vertical se ganaría tiempo y se aprovecharía más s ese hermoso rollo, lo digo porque fui Oficial Aserrador de madera de Sierra Carro (la que se ve) y de Máquina Sinfín con más de 25 años de experiencia... Me encanta ver estos videos ya que me gustó el oficio de Aserrador... Una lástima que todos los comentarios no lo traduzcan al idioma español.... Saludos desde República Argentina.
This beautiful, durable wood is Padauk, from Vietnam. It is Pterocarpus indicus variety found in Asia. It is Narra in the Philippines and the Asian version of America's Mahogony (Sweetenia macrophylla). It is not Rosewood (Dalbergia latifolia) but is a first cousin. India's version will be Dalbergia Sissam (Sissoo). This wood is nearing extinction bcoz of its high demand. Let us use it sparingly and save it.❤
If you look closely at the ends of the logs, you will notice the mark “RCA” (23 second mark). These are African logs- RCA=Republic of Central Africa”. The same logs bear the yellow triangle logo. This is nor Asian Padauk, it is African Padauk from the Congo basin.
