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Title: Dolphin Puzzle in Monkeypod wood
Post by: BilltheDiver on July 14, 2011, 12:21:11 am

I cut this puzzle tonight out of monkeypod wood.  It is extremely lightweight, almost like balsa.  It grows here locally and this tree was destined for the brush site if not for a local company who intercedes and takes hardwood trees and mills them locally.  There is a lot of hardwood in Pinellas county Florida and this is a great service to the woodworkers of the area!

Title: Re: Dolphin Puzzle in Monkeypod wood
Post by: DWSudekum on July 14, 2011, 12:29:54 am

Nice work on the Dolphin Bill.  Thanks for sharing it with us.

DW

Title: Re: Dolphin Puzzle in Monkeypod wood
Post by: tux_linux on July 14, 2011, 03:32:17 am

nice, is this a natural color or did you dye it?
I read the wood is supposed to be very hard and also good for turning.

Title: Re: Dolphin Puzzle in Monkeypod wood
Post by: SheGold on July 14, 2011, 04:17:39 am

Great work.. Would love to try that wood out... Sheila in Tx

Title: Re: Dolphin Puzzle in Monkeypod wood
Post by: Gabby on July 14, 2011, 04:44:25 am

I'm not big on the puzzles, but the cutting looks great and that is pretty wood. Glad you kept it out of the chipper.
Gabby

Title: Re: Dolphin Puzzle in Monkeypod wood
Post by: Russ C on July 14, 2011, 07:21:39 am

Great job!  It really looks nice.  :)

Title: Re: Dolphin Puzzle in Monkeypod wood
Post by: frankorona on July 14, 2011, 07:36:47 am

Beautiful work, thanks for sharing

Title: Re: Dolphin Puzzle in Monkeypod wood
Post by: BilltheDiver on July 14, 2011, 10:09:28 am

Torsten, no stain or dye, only lemon oil.  That is the natural color.  It is fairly hard, but so lightweight it is somewhat brittle.  This puzzle is a touch over an inch thick and it needs that thickness to prevent breaking.

Thanks for the comments guys!

Title: Re: Dolphin Puzzle in Monkeypod wood
Post by: beginner on July 14, 2011, 10:16:11 am

Very nice work.  Unique wood.  Is it expensive?

Title: Re: Dolphin Puzzle in Monkeypod wood
Post by: dgman on July 14, 2011, 10:40:28 am

Nice cutting Bill. I like the color of the wood.

Title: Re: Dolphin Puzzle in Monkeypod wood
Post by: BilltheDiver on July 14, 2011, 10:54:50 am

Thanks JIm.  I've never seen Monkeypod for sale anywhere except from the guys who mill the local hardwoods.  Their website is http://www.viablelumber.com/ in case you are interested in what they do.  Expensive?  I bought two planks @ auction during our woodcrafters guild meeting, each about 6 feet long and over a foot wide, just over an inch thick, for a total of $35.  I considered it a steal.

Title: Re: Dolphin Puzzle in Monkeypod wood
Post by: wsmith0896 on July 14, 2011, 02:17:03 pm

Very nice Bill. Is there a pattern avalable?

Title: Re: Dolphin Puzzle in Monkeypod wood
Post by: Gabby on July 14, 2011, 02:49:17 pm

Hopefully they will get their online store up and running, which would expand their customer base greatly. How about letting us know if or when that happens Bill?
Thanks Gabby

Title: Re: Dolphin Puzzle in Monkeypod wood
Post by: KarlB on July 14, 2011, 06:25:19 pm

Awesome looking wood Bill. 

The website looks good too.  That Monkeypod wood in the gallery is an awesome looking slab as well.

Karl

Title: Re: Dolphin Puzzle in Monkeypod wood
Post by: marmoh on July 14, 2011, 09:52:07 pm

Very nice Bill.  The wood is outstanding.

Title: Re: Dolphin Puzzle in Monkeypod wood
Post by: BilltheDiver on July 14, 2011, 11:38:58 pm

Thanks again for the comments guys!  wsmith0896 the pattern comes from the book, "Animal Puzzles for the Scrollsaw", by Dave and Judy Peterson.  I have gotten a lot of good patterns from this book.