Don2Laughs wrote:
WoW Peter! That is a great work sequence.... those jigs are ingenious! Why did you choose ipe ? I've used that stuff for outdoor projects like mailboxes/posts and planter boxes but the damage it does to my tool edges is horrendous.... I imagine even those router bits were pretty much spent after that exercise. Great job! How does it sound?
Glad you're back!!
Don
Hi Don!
I chose Ipe because A) that's what I had available in the shop, and B) I wanted something very hard to see how it would sound. I was wanting a wooden drum that had some of the sonic characteristics of a steel or copper drum. Not sure if I achieved that or not, but it does sound fantastic.
As for the tools, I haven't really noticed an issue with it, and I've done a lot with Ipe in the past. However, I've also heard that there are several different subspecies sold commercially as "Ipe", so it may be a difference between what you got and what I got.