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NARRA

Pterocarpus indicus





my samples:


both sides of a plank with spalted sapwood


closeups of both sides of spalted sapwood


plank chosen for semi-crotch area


two closeups of the plank directly above


small plank cut from the larger one directly above and sanded


end grain and end grain closeup of the small plank directly above


both sides of a small plank that is mostly sapwood (cut from the large plank a little way above here).


end grain and end grain closeup of the spalted sapwood piece directly above


plank and end grain --- NOTE: I do not trust the vendor that I bought this from and now that I have more experience with narra, I'm not at all sure that this even IS narra.


two end grain closeups of the piece directly above


sample piece and end grain


end grain closeup of the sample piece directly above.


a couple of turning sticks of red narra


end grains and an end grain closeup of the pieces directly above. The end grain closeup shows considerable scratch marks from my less-than-fine sanding.


turning block. When I got this, the ends were sealed and when I sanded off the sealant, there were no apparent cracks in the end grain. After less than a day later, the obvious cracks had developed, which is a sure sign of poor or incomplete drying.


end grain closeup of the piece directly above


red narra veneer



web pics:


cross section of a log


planks


planks from one of those vendors who just can't resist "correcting" the color until it looks nothing like the wood --- these pieces in reality probably look much like my own sample at the top of this page.


planks from the BogusColorVendor so they almost certainly have too much red in the pics


figured planks


both sides of a plank --- this wasn't even listed as figured, although it obviously is



both sides of a plank and two closeups --- these weren't even listed as figured, although they obviously are


both sides of a pair of planks --- these weren't even listed as figured, although they obviously are


turning stick


pen blanks


veneer


veneer, all from the same vendor. It was not specified as "red" narra, but certainly seems to be that variety.


red narra veneer closeups that all have both levels of enlargement


bee's wing veneer


"red narra" turning stock --- I have no idea how correct the red color is as I have only seen red narra in veneer form and it is more red and less orange than these (these are all from the same vendor)


figured red narra turning stock


red narra from a different vendor than the ones directly above


red narra planks


both sides of a curly red narra plank


red narra bowl blank from yet another vendor


crotch veneer





red narra bowl





Narra end grain matched pair as highlights on a turned bowl. Well, it was INTENDED to be narra highlights, with elm highlights at 90 degrees from this, but the narra and the elm ended up swamping out the body due to poor planning on my part. In the second pic, the narra is on the left and the elm on the right. The body is guarea and the base is segments of red oak and both are alligned so I was always turning with the grain, not across it. I was, of course, turning across the grain on the narra and the elm which made the whole job rather tedious (to avoid tearout) and required a lot of final turning with sandpaper. In this picture, the bowl is unfinished except for 120-, then 220-, then 320-grit sandpaper and is fresh off the lathe. This bowl is 5.5" in diameter and 4" high.

NOTE: as noted up in the "my samples" section, I am no longer even sure that this wood IS narra.