Zebrano - salvageable?

[twodoctors]

I got this piece of zebrano from my wood guy for free. There's obviously rot on one surface. There's also some cracks on the other side and we're not sure how deep they go. I asked about it and he said I can have it for free.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vJeqnG ... sp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-9wDtw ... sp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fZ5tlp ... sp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ewi8fD ... sp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Db5mJa ... sp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZlNIlT ... sp=sharing

I was hoping to make yet another bandsaw box out of this, but don't know how those cracks might show up once it's sliced in half. If I'm skillful enough I can chop the rotten part off and and use some of it as veneer (but I'm not). Also thought about using small chunks of it for intarsia (which I guess would be last resort). There are cubes that I can cut out to make a big dice too.

How would you use it? Or is it one for the (scrap) bin?

Adrian

 

[Ttrees]

From the look at the first picture..... I'd say it looks good for veneers .
You might have better luck with suggestions if you uploaded the piccys here.
Plus they would remain view-able and not disappear in time.

I have a windows computer and downloaded microsoft sharepoint designer (its free)
Theres a program called microsoft office 2010 within it, that you can use to edit your pictures and resize them
to stick on here ....
float over & right click... edit , resize to large document, ok and drag off edit pictures to whereever and its resized ....done.

Tom

 

[twodoctors]

Here you are...

 

[Ttrees]

Hi again
I wonder who agrees with me on this ....
But to me it looks like you could get some nice slivers off the edge in the first picture.
The grain looks like it would match up pretty well if it was consistent,
which to me it does judging from the second pic.
The streakyness I imagine would make the joints less noticeable .

In the guitar plate jointing world you would try and make an invisible seam in the spruce top.
You would try and find a nice straight grain late growth line and run a pencil line along it...
joining the early wood together so your eyes see the late growth lines apart,
and the seam then mimics another late growth line.

You can make some nice stuff from that ...
Do you have a good bandsaw?
Tom

 

[Alexam]

All very useable and it's a lovely wood that comes up well, but thing carefully about how to use it. Don't cut too thin as the spalting sometimes tends to split, but a little superglue does help and you can rub in sawdust as long as it matches. Get yourself a few
Plastic test tubes and keep the fine sawdust from several cut woods, which can be used for this purpose as required. I'm doing that regularly, but getting the matching colour is important or it shows up.

Malcolm

 

[Rorschach]

If you can't make use of it I certainly could since i work with tiny bits of wood, there's years worth of material there lol.

 

[twodoctors]

I don't have a good bandsaw Tom. It's a budget range one not dissimilar to Ax Hobby, but it's a "Guild" and paid £40 for it. Axminster blades though.

I'll probably end up makita box out of it I'm afraid Rorschach.

Not tried slurry filling yet. All my saw dust are in the ShopVac... which reminds me I need to get a new bag for it!