Central American Woods
This tag is applied when the wood being discussed is native to Central America, which I have defined as being the southern states of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.
It turns out that "Guapinolillo" is a synonym for Jatoba which is properly known as Hymenaea courbaril, a hardwood found from southern Mexico through Central America into northern South …
The second unknown wood is EXTREMELY hard and it burned up my bandsaw blade, which was new silicone steel from Timberwolf Blades in New York. Hidden under dark red …
And the Katalox is STUNNING in its appearance. Both of my bowls showed strong purple and even pink areas. I especially love the way that bowl number 2 has …
The Yellowheart looks like crushed satin in its figure and texture. The finished bowl is so smooth, so delicate seeming, and so colorful that it can't be real. I …
The first unknown I thought might be Hormigo but once I started to turn the piece I knew it couldn't be due to the smell of the wood which …
I enjoyed working with Hormigo although in some places the cross grain was incredibly difficult to sand out. I have unearthed old tools, bowl gouges to be exact, that …
I am THRILLED with Redheart! It is now easily one of my all time favorite woods to work with. These bowls cut very clean such that very minimal sanding …