use hand plane for some of the joining areas, most of areas use random orbital.

if unevenness is too serious, then put into a 4feet widebelt sander.

can! this pic is nyatoh local wood. abit on the soft side.

what kind of solid wood u have in mind? lighter color or medium brown?

collected over 3-4years from 8-10 different importers which specialize in woods from different continents (like north america, south america, aussie, europe and africa).
while local solid wood like nyatoh and balau would be from local sawmills.

yea u got good taste, walnut is very nice, but damn expensive.

i can recommend african teak called afromosia. its dark medium brown tones. used to build original mid century designer furniture.. in 60-70s..
we so happen to have such things in stock.. hehe..
do you have a pic of what u plan to build? so we can recommend only reserving the 9feet pieces for parts u need full length. if need to cut to half, then use 4-5feet..its slightly cheaper.. (optimizing cost as 9-10feet timber cost 20-30% more than two 4-5feet timbers since its not as common as short length items)

cool. 5pcs of 9feet lumber. width for 12inch rough sawn boards will be around 11.5inches after machining to smoothen the edges
. i think shouldnt be issue. but just to mention.

also, timber is in rough sawn condition with furs and all, if you need them planed smooth also can. we can process them until they become flat solid wood panels, then u just have to assemble the panels like ikea

okie can do , let me update walnut prices first with importer..1year didnt buy, i think will be higher now.. will msg u next 2 days.

became a interesting hobby to collect these woods.

and just had saw a discussion on fb that sooner or later, with more and more import/export restrictions on woods, maybe end up we only get to buy and use plantation wood in the future, so i dont mind stockpiling them for use in the next decade..

thanks! will update more projects soon.

updated the african teak wood price in pm. tq

when u want to make more items.

to the moon first!

apa macam? found the answer? take cengal la.

in level of preference, cengal >merbau >............................hardware store balau

yellow balau is good..merbau level..



This post has been edited by ar188: May 19 2021, 12:35 AM

arang bunga jointed table top. exotic malaysian wood.