https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2010/11/26/woods-i-love-claro-walnut/ inside the woodshop Fri, 13 Jun 2014 03:24:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2010/11/26/woods-i-love-claro-walnut/#comment-21741 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 04:21:47 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=989#comment-21741 Lots of slabs here, including Claro:
http://www.goodhopehardwoods.com/index.html

]]> https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2010/11/26/woods-i-love-claro-walnut/#comment-21735 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 01:59:31 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=989#comment-21735 Rob,
Please correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t this Sam Maloof’s favorite wood?
One thing you didn’t mention is the amazing dimensions this stuff comes in.
Slabs can be huge. There is a picture of a really big piece at the following site.
http://www.gallenbergstudio.com/meet_the_craftsman.htm

]]> https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2010/11/26/woods-i-love-claro-walnut/#comment-21346 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:49:21 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=989#comment-21346 David,
Straight-grained stock works very much like black walnut. Occasionally, Claro can be a bit brittle to plane but not a big problem. Highly figured boards have the usual planing issues. All in all, it is a very friendly wood to work.
Rob

]]> https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2010/11/26/woods-i-love-claro-walnut/#comment-21321 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 05:41:28 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=989#comment-21321 Wow what a beautifull wood! Does it work quite the same as Black Walnut?

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