Thread: Rewarewa for furniture?

Early in my career I worked as a tech in FRI lab where slivers of Rewarewa were used as the control to measure sample wood dimensional changes vs expt kiln drying schedules and moisture content research, so it did have one useful characteristic

'Allegedly'...

I’ve heard it’s a pain to dry properly—warps and cracks pretty easily—so you’d need to stack it right, weigh it down, and just let it take its time. Definitely plan for some of it to go to waste, though, ‘cause it’s not the easiest wood to deal with.

I've heard it is the NZ "ebony" in regards to hardness and difficulty to work. However it can be an awesome native timber for carving with some incredible grain according to a expert carver at work.

spoke to old woodwork mate table no likely to split usually used as small pieces of veneer very difficult to work with

I have seen it used for turning and carving, but it is prone to the surface feeling rough from what I understand.

It does have incredible grain / flecking

Originally Posted by NZBeeMan

I have seen it used for turning and carving, but it is prone to the surface feeling rough from what I understand.

It does have incredible grain / flecking

I worked with a wood that behaved like that, eventually I sealed it with Tung Oil then sanded to the finish surface. Took much longer but got a great finish in the end.

Originally Posted by NZBeeMan

It does have incredible grain / flecking