Flatband
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Frame RepairSometimes when you're working a frame,you'll notice a thin split. Don't give up of the frame because of it. I've had some cracks develop in some really awesome and rare wood I was working. The piece pictured is an example.This is Arizona Desert Ironwood. Awesome grain,color,very hard to find a good size board for a frame,tempermental and the wood dust is toxic to some(irritated my nose a little too!). Anyway,I found the split,so I drilled 3 small holes and then soaked 3 toothpicks in water then Gorilla Glue (water activates it)and then inserted the picks and clamped. Tomorrow it will be dry,very strong,and I can finish it up. There is always hope!  Flatband   
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JoergS
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Well done Flatband!
Did you drill the holes a little before the ***** starts? That is what I would have done. Also, wouldn't some thicker pieces of wood not be more effective?
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Flatband
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You nailed it Joerg. I noticed a thin *****(split) and then started drilling. The earlier you find and repair it the better. Thicker is better normally but this wood has always given fits to whoever has worked it. Always develops splits and checks. The knife guys hate it but it is an awesomely grained wood and finishes like glass. I always wanted to carve one from it. Hopefully this one will succeed. Flatband
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fish
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wow i cant wait to see this one finished PLEASE post a pic! i heard that black desert ironwood is the worlds hardest and heaviest wood and that it wont even float in water!
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Flatband
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Yeah, Fish it is really hard and a real pain in the Ass to work. I do have a piece of wood that is the hardest wood known. It's called 'Lignum Vitae" and it does a 4500 on the Janka scale. It is a type of Ironwood too. I have yet to cut that up. I'm just trying to get through this Desert Ironwood piece.Wildman's son warned me about how this wood sometimes gives fits to knife makers. Well ,I didn't throw it out the window yet so I might just have a successful carve!  Flatband
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confused
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'Lignum Vitae" ? is that what bowls (as in bowling) are made from ?
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fish
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apparently so its uses vary from truncheons to shaft bearings on nuclear submarines!
heres the wiki blurb:
"Due to its weight, cricket bails, particularly 'heavy bails' used in windy conditions, are sometimes made of lignum vitae. It is also sometimes used to make lawn bowls, croquet mallets and skittles balls. The wood also has seen widespread historical usage in mortars and pestles and for wood carvers' mallets.
It was the traditional wood used for British police truncheons until recently, due to its density (and strength), combined with the relative softness of wood compared to metal, thereby tending to bruise or stun rather than simply cut the skin."
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