Thread: Rewarewa for furniture?

Originally Posted by Ross Nolan

Thanks Gents

I'll go and have a good look at the tree, and proceed very carefully from there. I think a detail section in the middle of the table and possibly using it in the stretchers could be a good compromise.

Fortunately I'm in no hurry.

A thin overlay or insert, it’s a bugger it doesn’t burn, great for protecting water troughs though

I made a chair out of it once and coated it with a thick two pot resin that I have forgotten the name of, you see the same stuff on the swamp kauri clocks. It made the grain pop!

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

I have read it should be cut on the quarter grain to really see its best but only used as a thin veneer