So let's check out the beauty of Ipe Lumber it's dark, dense and does a fantastic job in
outdoor projects and what's it like to work with? well, keep watching and we'll show you. The primary applications for ipe are
flooring, decking, and patio furniture but it has its place in other fine
projects like this carved letter opener and cutting boards here, ipe is used as an accent to other
exotic woods and though it makes excellent woodwork the ipe tree is known throughout central and south america as an ornamental tree
with bright yellow flowers because ipe is so dense and heavy it
might make you think it's terrible to work with but that's not entirely true we're going to test it out grazing the surface on a planer with a helical head this ipe board never chipped out using a dedicated twenty-four-tooth
ripping blade watch how smoothly ipe rips there are no burns Just a nice, clean edge and watch what happens when we switch
to a sixty-tooth cross-cutting blade to make a cross cut i'd say that's a pretty good result you want to see how it does in a router?
check this out Here's a three eighths inch round over A good quality carbide-tipped router bit does a really nice job okay…
Let's test some finishes. we'll try two different finishes no
stains, no dyes. Here's a clear Danish Oil, which is a blend of tung oil and varnish. on the other end of this board, we'll wipe on a shellac sanding sealer and then spray three coats of satin lacquer now that everything's dry, let's
compare them The oil finish really enhances that bold
chocolate color but check out what lacquer does spray lacquer goes on very smoothly and
it likes to bring out that hint of green color that you see in the wood At Woodworkers Source, we carry four
quarter thickness in only the highest grade available for your fine
woodworking projects read reviews and see customer projects
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