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Title: Blood Wood
Post by: waynew45@verizon.net on March 20, 2013, 04:50:53 pm

Has anyone had any luck scrolling blood wood? I tried and didn't get very far before I gave up. Seems to be VERY HARD wood. It took a VERY LONG time to get a 1/4 inch cut. Any suggestion??

Title: Re: Blood Wood
Post by: EIEIO on March 20, 2013, 05:10:58 pm

These are 3 compound cuts done in blood wood. It was a 1.5x1.5 turning blank I got from a $3/lb bin. I used a 2/0 blade pulled tight and went slow. You have to watch for burning. I used a lot of plastic packing tape to hold the compounds together and that probably helped with lubricating the blade.

Title: Re: Blood Wood
Post by: IBMer on March 22, 2013, 09:36:44 pm

I've made several things from Blood Wood.  Didn't really find it that bad to work with.   Then again, after cutting Cocobolo and other crazy hard wood, everything else seems easy to work with.

Title: Re: Blood Wood
Post by: waynew45@verizon.net on May 16, 2014, 11:39:22 pm

I too started a project using Blood Wood and it's still sitting on the table with about a 1/2 inch cut. I tried different blades, speeds, feeds, tentions and gave up. Expensive wood that I will try to turn instead of scrolling.

Title: Re: Blood Wood
Post by: julief on May 17, 2014, 08:17:09 am

I love bloodwood.  It's color and grain are so pretty.  It has got to be your blade.  What kind are you using?

Title: Re: Blood Wood
Post by: Kepy on May 17, 2014, 09:17:16 am

The only bloodwood that I have used was very soft.  Oh wait, you didn't mean wood stained with blood.

Title: Re: Blood Wood
Post by: BilltheDiver on May 17, 2014, 10:15:10 pm

I have made a few projects like Steve's Keychains with names in them.  It.s a little like hard maple or purpleheart, dense and hard, easy to burn.  Slow things down and use a coarser blade than you normally might.