has anyone heard of "Coffee Wood"?

[myxpykalix]

A guy has a tree is approximately 30 inches in diameter and 12 foot long. This is a log already down. Is it anything that looks good or work with ok?:confused:

[Greencarvings]

Jack,

my local mill had some kentucky coffee wood. Very desirable. Stringy, had to use new bits on it. The grain pattern is even more pronounced than oak.

I still have a few board feet of it waiting for a project worthy of it!

So think of oak, stronger pattern, and stringy.

[steve_g]

http://www.logs-to-lumber.com/kentucky-coffee-wood/kentucky-coffee-wood-680/ (http://www.logs-to-lumber.com/kentucky-coffee-wood/kentucky-coffee-wood-680/)
SG

[harryball]

I worked with it once. "Stringy" doesn't quiet cover the stuff I had. It looked good but was hard to work with to get clean cuts, fortunately for what I was doing it was not a problem but I've not considered it since because I just didn't like working with it.

/RB

[genek]

A guy has a tree is approximately 30 inches in diameter and 12 foot long. This is a log already down. Is it anything that looks good or work with ok?:confused:
Jack the correct term on the tree is Coffee bean tree. They actually used the beans to make coffee from. A little Strong but still is a coffee. lol... It can be a beautiful wood recommend getting it 1/4 sawed does a lot better that way.

[harold_weber]

I concur that the wood is "stringy". It looks a lot like ash with the open pores, but it has a nice redish brown color. I only made a few items with it and never bought more because ash was less expensive (for me locally).

Here is a link to a little write-up from the mill I bought it from:

http://tinytimbers.com/specie_coffeetree.htm

H

[myxpykalix]

So Eugene...if i grind this wood up and put it in my coffeemaker will i get a cup pf coffee that is "good to the last drop"?:D

[maverickx50]

http://www.logs-to-lumber.com/kentucky-coffee-wood/kentucky-coffee-wood-680/ (http://www.logs-to-lumber.com/kentucky-coffee-wood/kentucky-coffee-wood-680/)
SG

Thanks for the link. I drive right by there every month or so. Never knew it existed. Nice to find a (sort of) local source for specialty lumber. They aren't exactly giving it away but then neither should we.