Comments on: Woods I love: Bubinga https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2011/01/04/woods-i-love-bubinga/ inside the woodshop Fri, 13 Jun 2014 03:24:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 By: Ralph J boumenot https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2011/01/04/woods-i-love-bubinga/#comment-26047 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 00:09:48 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=1040#comment-26047 Your passion for the this wood comes out without any doubts. Besides the obvious beauty nature has imparted, you have passed on a lot of interesting facts that I didn’t have a clue of.
rjb

]]> By: John Kissel https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2011/01/04/woods-i-love-bubinga/#comment-26046 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 23:32:52 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=1040#comment-26046 Hi Rob,

I’ve really been enjoying your series on favorite woods. Bubinga is pretty incredible wood. As you stated, beautiful grain, easily available, strong, etc. Nice! I agree wholeheartedly with your affection for Pear too. also wonderful (yet subtle) stuff.

If you haven’t already you may want to check out Chris Hall’s blog (http://thecarpentryway.blogspot.com/2010/12/ming-inspiration-10.html). He is currently working on a table in Bubinga using chinese joinery (along with some other topics… check for “Ming Inspiration” on the topic list). Pretty intense fellow that does some beautiful work.

Thanks again for the series on wood and the blog in general.

JK

]]> By: John Collicott https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2011/01/04/woods-i-love-bubinga/#comment-25981 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:05:24 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=1040#comment-25981 Beautiful! Thanks for all the great information, I have wondered how it worked with hand tools.

]]> By: Ross Henton https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2011/01/04/woods-i-love-bubinga/#comment-25944 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 03:23:26 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=1040#comment-25944 I LOVE this wood. Yes, it’s demanding and can be difficult… But it’s the best wood I know for making hand tools (especially planes).

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