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Thermo Oak
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 5:46 pm
by Jim Kirby
What is thermo oak? What is the recipe for heat treating? I'm coming up blank on google searches.
Re: Thermo Oak
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 12:17 pm
by Simon Magennis
Have a look at this thread:
http://www.classicalguitardelcamp.com/v ... 11&t=76551
30 mins in a domestic oven. Main purpose seems to be to darken up the timber.
Re: Thermo Oak
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 8:26 am
by Clay Schaeffer
Interesting article. I once worked with some boards cut from old oak piling material that had turned a grey color from years in water and mud. The color had penetrated fairly deeply into the wood. It might have made unique looking fingerboards.
Hi Jim,
What were you going to use the "Thermo Oak" for?
Re: Thermo Oak
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 6:24 pm
by Bob Matthews
I have some 'bog' oak fretboard blanks that I bought here in the UK, it's the the most dense oak I have ever come across and is as black as night with silvery black medullary rays showing - absolutely beautiful.
I got my blanks from
http://www.exotichardwoods.co.uk/Woods_List/Bog_Oak.asp which actually come from here
http://www.adamsonandlow.com/bog_oak/
Bob
Re: Thermo Oak
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 8:36 am
by Jim Kirby
Clay Schaeffer wrote:Interesting article. I once worked with some boards cut from old oak piling material that had turned a grey color from years in water and mud. The color had penetrated fairly deeply into the wood. It might have made unique looking fingerboards.
Hi Jim,
What were you going to use the "Thermo Oak" for?
Hi Clay - just being curious about alternate fretboard materials.