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Rambutan tree

Rambutan, Nephelium lappaceum, is a medium-sized tropical tree.
The fruit produced by the tree is also known as "Rambutan".
The earliest record of Rambutan trees show that they were
cultivated by the Malayan jungle tribes around their temporary settlements.
Rambutan trees grow to a height of 35-60 ft. The tree grows from
sea level up to 1,600ft. with best growth in deep soil; clay or
sandy loam rich in organic matter, and thrives on hilly terrain
as it requires good drainage. The wood is similar in color
to Goncalo Alves and equally as dense and durable.
It is perhaps a bit deeper in its orange color and has some
pink or red colors as well. It can be found with a dense flame
figure that rivals the nicest curly maple.
Sharp blades are needed as the wood is extremely dense and tough.

• WOW is this TRUE* :)
  It is worth the effort as the high natural polish possible with this wood is very beautiful.

On 2019-03-14 06:43, hang10tiki wrote:
Next up:

Rambutan tree

Rambutan, Nephelium lappaceum, is a medium-sized tropical tree.
The fruit produced by the tree is also known as "Rambutan".
The earliest record of Rambutan trees show that they were
cultivated by the Malayan jungle tribes around their temporary settlements.
Rambutan trees grow to a height of 35-60 ft. The tree grows from
sea level up to 1,600ft. with best growth in deep soil; clay or
sandy loam rich in organic matter, and thrives on hilly terrain
as it requires good drainage. The wood is similar in color
to Goncalo Alves and equally as dense and durable.
It is perhaps a bit deeper in its orange color and has some
pink or red colors as well. It can be found with a dense flame
figure that rivals the nicest curly maple.
Sharp blades are needed as the wood is extremely dense and tough.

• WOW is this TRUE* :)
  It is worth the effort as the high natural polish possible with this wood is very beautiful.

Oh, cool! I see the fruit all the time at my Chinese grocery, but I had no idea the wood was so pretty!

Sharp blades are needed as the wood is extremely dense and tough.

• WOW is this TRUE*
  "No wood is hard to a sharp blade."
  Benz or Tom, not sure .

Sand- :)

Will- Well then I guess you better plan a trip to Vegas
and sharpen my tools. :)
This stuff was even tough on my Kutzall rotary burrs yesterday.

Inspiration photo:

Worst sound ever, slurp of an empty tiki mug through my straw!!!

[ Edited by: hang10tiki 2019-03-14 07:01 ]

Look who’s hanging 10
:)

Danish oil on

Gloss next

Wow, these are coming fast & furiously! Looking good.

I'm usually more of a matte person but I really like how the skull came out all shined up.

"Look who's hanging 10" :lol:

Looks good Jon!

A drum tiki. You better carve a stick to play it with. Wendy

Bamm- glad you like
MDM- :)
Wendy- :)

Gloss on

You've become a tiki factory. You're a machine. A tiki machine!

HugeT- almost spit out my coffee
:)

Lil piece of KOA

that looks promising!

Promising you it’s makin lots of dust
:)

10 min project

Wife found this cheese spreader thingie at crate and barrel
Brought it home

Bamm
Fijian hook weapon swizzle
:)

Nice. Hmm, wooden swizzles. Hadn't thought of that one!

Mornin T :)

Next up

He looks so sad :( LOL

Sad or mad
Lol

The big split is growing
Hmmmm

I think the split is cool, adds texture. Hopefully it won't split in half! :o

Mike- well, ummm, hmmm, wellllllll

Tic Toc
Tic Toc
Tic Toc

Ok
While this thing decides what it’s going to do
and I decide what I’m going to do

intermission project

I’ve had these four pen blanks laying around for a while,
can’t make a pen, so

No flash

Flash

Cheers all

You need to start a band.
Can you tune them?

Larry, Mo, Curly and Shemp are self tuning
:)

Hmmmmmm

Damn you Mike
:)

Worst sound ever, slurp of an empty tiki mug through my straw!!!

[ Edited by: hang10tiki 2019-03-24 08:54 ]

You are a busy man, interesting to see different textures on each piece of wood. Which one did you prefer carving?

Hilt- the lighter color two are softer so easier to work on.
The darker two are more of a hard wood.

But I sure like the color on the dark wood

Cheers and thanKs for the flyBy

Ok
I have an idea

But 1st it’s time for some eyes and danish oil

Worst sound ever, slurp of an empty tiki mug through my straw!!!

[ Edited by: hang10tiki 2019-03-25 11:45 ]

So, did u glue that one back on? It's looking pretty good. Where did you get all these exotic woods?

T- not on,
Yet
:)

Buy from a couple guys in Hawaii via eBay

Done

What’s that saying
something about lemons and lemonade
:)

Now that's making really good use of a split in the log. That's so cool. Wendy

Clever!

Wendy and T- thanks :)

Next
Lil piece of mango wood

Nice!

Can you hinge that piece on
like a gull wing back door?

Me, I can't carve mango any more.
Allergies.
Also, take care as some exotic wood is toxic.
Especially if you grind it.

Lastly,
I thought you'd carved that atoll guy.
Bet you could. Like, an army of'em.

[ Edited by: Will carve 2019-03-27 06:27 ]

On 2019-03-25 11:42, hang10tiki wrote:
Done

What’s that saying
something about lemons and lemonade
:)

We all have a little tiki man (or woman) inside us. LOL! I love this.

Cy- thanks

Will- thought about a hinge but the wood may not tolerate it
Velcro works fine for now.
If it happens again, insert magnets might look better
:)
Also I wear glasses, goggles and mask when dust goes a flyin!
I know, I need to try n carve that Micronesian squatting Tiki
They are cool, one of my favorites

Sand- :)

Worst sound ever, slurp of an empty tiki mug through my straw!!!

[ Edited by: hang10tiki 2019-03-27 13:01 ]

While carving
Had a delivery from my bro
Awesome

Done

hang10tiki,

I was laughing so hard at the alcohol and then your finished guy came up. What a bad hair day, oh well he's dead and will never know!
I would love to see a photo of all your small carvings together. Of course I have a few that would be left out.

Cheers, Wendy