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CYPRESS
Cupressus spp.
my samples:
one section and a closeup of a 12-foot long plank
another section, and closeup, of the same plank as directly above
set of small pieces
two views of the same piece. The bowl at the bottom of this page was made from the same large block that this sample came from.
end grain closeup of the piece directly above
I bought a good-sized plank of very clean cypress and then cleverly forgot to take any pictures of it, so here are some pics, including a end-grain closeup, of a couple of small planks cut from the bigger one and now ready to be used in my laminated bowls.
small plank and end grain
end grain closeup of the piece directly above
bald cypress sample plank and end grain
end grain closeup of the piece directly above
plank and closeup
finished piece of cypress in the side of a box --- the top and bottom are side grain pieces; the bottom piece must be quartersawn since the side grain looks like what is normally face grain
plank
NOTE: the following flooring samples of "Bermuda" cypress and "Australian" cypress were all obtained from the same flooring vendor and flooring vendors are notoriously unrealiable about properly identifying woods. This one, for example, calls goncalo alves "Patagonian rosewood", an utterly meaningless designation, although I must admit that as a marketing term it beats the hell of out "goncalo alves" which to American ears does sound particularly euphonious. But I ramble. My point is that I have NO idea whether any of these woods have ever seen either Australia OR Bermuda, and I notice that they are strikingly similar so while they may be one or the other, I doubt that they are both. I have reported them here as they were sold to me, but I'm dubious about their designations.
NOT a raw wood color
flooring sample of Australian cypress that has been finished with a hard, shiny finishing agent that clearly has deepened and enriched the color.
the piece directly above, after I sanded off the finish --- this was a thin plywood layer, so I could not get an end grain pic
NOT a raw wood color
flooring sample of Australian cypress that has been finished with a hard, shiny finishing agent that clearly has deepened and enriched the color.
the piece directly above, after I sanded off the finish
end grain of the piece directly above
end grain closeups from both ends of the plank directly above
NOT a raw wood color
NOT a raw wood color
two flooring samples of Bermuda cypress both of which have been finished with a hard, shiny finishing agent that clearly has deepened and enriched the color.
the pieces directly above, after I sanded off the finish --- these were both thin plywood layers, so I could not get a end grain pic. Although it's not totally obvious, because of the pic croping, these two pieces were cut from adjacent sections of the same larger plank --- I'm sure you can see it now that I've pointed it out.
flooring sample and end grain of Australian cypress
two end grain closeups of the flooring sample directly above
veneer sheet and closeup
web pics
log cross section
Australian cypress planks
Australian cypress flooring
Chinese cypress
a burl
veneer
planks
bald cypress plank
"pecky" cypress planks
"red" cypress
a rough board
Arizona cypress pen blanks, moistened for the pic which was provided by Dave Cumming, whom I thank.
Southern Cypress veneer
Fitzroy cypress and end grain
bowl
a cypress bowl, fresh off the lathe; no finish as yet but sanded to 320-grit. Personally, I really don't like this bowl. To me it looks like one piece of a cheap salad bowl set. Still, you never know how these things will turn out 'til you do them and this was an easy turn since cypress is very soft and light. The sharply delineated early wood / late wood grain pattern is at least interesting.
same thing with a few coats of polyurethane.