Oct 28, 2011

CLOSED SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29th.


A friendly reminder that we will be closed all day tomorrow, Saturday, October 29th, due to a Company function.

We will be back on Monday, October 31st during normal business hours 8:30 am to 4:30 pm PDT to follow up on voice mails, e-mails and other inquiries. In the mean time, feel free to browse our Website and our Online Store for some neat items.

Enjoy the weekend and Happy trick-or-treating, from all of us at Tropical Exotic Hardwoods!

Time for a Facelift.

Many of you that have stopped by the shop may remember this Bocote Slab. I walk by it every day and, today, I decided to sand one face to see what lies beneath. This is what it looks like now!

Look at the figure in the crotch portion!


This is what it used to look like, and as most of you may remember it. All those stains and the roughness do not do it justice.

Small Bocote Slab (Slab #4) ideal for a coffee table, side table, night stand or numerous other small projects. Live edge, "organic" feel, simply beautiful! It is still available so, do not miss out on it.

We also want to remind you that we will be closed all day tomorrow, Saturday, October 29th, and will reopen Monday, October 31st, at 8:30 am (PDT).

Oct 27, 2011

Just added to the online store...







The remaining exotic bowl blanks (along with a ziricote billet!) have now been added to the online store-

Click here to see the bowl blanks


ALSO PLEASE NOTE-
We will be closed this upcoming Saturday October 29th, 2011

Oct 26, 2011

Oct 25, 2011

New bowl blanks to be posted online shortly...

We are in the process of taking pictures and posting them on the online store.
We will send out an update once that are up.
Click here to view current stock.

Oct 24, 2011

Curly Cocobolo!

We know many of you are on look out for pieces like this. We just came across this piece this morning.
1.5 x 1.5 x 18 turning square.
About 10 inches of the piece is nice and curly! (if you have worked with cocobolo before, you know how rare it is to find)
The piece is sitting at the front of the shop, let us know if you are interested.
$22.50 for the piece.

Oct 22, 2011

Before and After: Parota Carving by Richard Howell...





Here are some neat step by step pictures customer Richard Howell took of a carving he recently constructed out of one of our Parota Slabs.

This carving was made for a Navy Seal unit based in Honolulu. Neat piece!

For more on Richard Howell and his carving, please visit his website
www.oceania-art.com

Click here to visit our customer gallery.

Oct 17, 2011

Neat piece of cocobolo

What would you make with this?

Click here to view more lumber.

Wow! Look what just came up from our sawmill...

We haven't carried this species in over 5 years!

One of the densest woods in the world, Partridgewood is a very tight grained exotic that is prized for ornamental turnings and other high-end projects.

This species is extremely hard to find so we were ecstatic when we received about 100 BF worth of turning squares in a variety of sizes.
(Sizes range from 1.5" to 4" square x lengths of mostly 8" and up)

If you are fan of very dense woods such as Lignum Vitae, Gidgee, Pau Santo and Katalox-we highly recommend picking up some Partridgewood while we have it (which doesn't happen very often!)

Feel free to order some on the Online Store or you can also call us directly to place your order.

760.434.3030.









Oct 15, 2011

Cocobolo canine statue by Chris Kaiser of Abiszet Creations


Chris dropped by the shop today to pick up some more Extra-Wide Cocobolo lumber for his hand crafted Saluki, Whippet and Afghan Hound statues.

He also brought in one of his best-selling designs to show us.

Amazing looking piece!

Chris uses a wide range of exotics which includes Ebony, Zebrawood, Purpleheart and Chechen but he says his favorite wood to work with (and best-selling as well) is our Mexican Cocobolo.


Interested in one of Chris's statues?

Contact him directly to see what he has available-

abiszetcreations@att.net
714-878-1623

For more completed projects please see our Customer Gallery.

Oct 14, 2011

Ordering made easy, pick and choose what you want on our Online Store....


Can't make it to the shop? No problem-


Browse an up-to-date inventory of turning stock, lumber, billets and musical stock conveniently on our online store.

New items added weekly!

Place your order online or simply use it as a virtual catalog to pin point which pieces you want before you call in your order or drive to the shop!



Online Store Quick Links- (click to view online)

www.tehwoods.com

Oct 12, 2011

One of our first customers visits the shop!

Ray Greenhill has been a customer of ours for as long as we can remember.

Well into his nineties, Ray still has they same enthusiasm for woodworking that he had when we first met him all those years ago.

Here we have Ray picking up two large Cocobolo turning blanks to wood turn on his lathe.

We can't wait to see the pictures of his finished pieces once they are done!

Click here to see finished pieces from our customers.

Oct 10, 2011

Just in! Figured Purpleheart, Check It Out...

Just received about 100 BF of some amazing looking Figured Purpleheart lumber.

Great dimensions as well-

4/4 x 12-17" x 132"

Give us a call if you want to get a hold of some.
760.434.3030



Oct 8, 2011

Two NEW turning square bundles added to the Online Store...

Due to customer demand, we have added the following two bundles to go along with our Best-Selling "Flat Rate" Cocobolo and Bocote bundles
(Shipping included to anywhere in the USA!)



-21 pcs (Wenge)-1.5" x 1.5" x 10-12"ONLY $80.00 (Shipping included!)




-20 pcs (Mixed Species)- 1.5" x 1.5" x 12" ONLY $80.00 (Shipping included!)
(Any combination of Cocobolo, Bocote, or Wenge!)


To see all our other great valued turning square bundles, please click here.

Oct 6, 2011

Wow! great color and figure on this Rose Myrtle Slab!

We just finished cleaning up the show face on this Tasmanian Rose Myrtle slab to bring out the color and figure a bit better.

Take a look at that color after we wet the surface with some denatured alcohol! Great looking piece.

(In case you are wondering: Rose Myrtle Slab #5 - 2" x 25" top, 32" middle, 25" bottom x 123")

Click here to see more large slabs on our website







Oct 4, 2011

Neat Turning Blanks!

1.5 x 1.5 x 12 turning squares of hand-selected highly figured cocobolo.
We have a box full of them at the front of the shop if you want to drop by.
Perfect for small projects!

Oct 3, 2011

Sneak Peek: New Parota Slabs!



We just received these these incredible images from our sawmill in Mexico!

We don't have the exact dimensions of these new slabs just quite yet but we think it's safe to say that some are going to be pretty large (see images)...Conference room table anyone?

Besides the extra-large slabs pictured above, there should also be plenty of new slabs in typical dining table dimensions (38-50" wide x 96-120" long)

We can't wait to see them!

Click here to view our available slabs.

Oct 1, 2011

Cocobolo & Bocote crotch bases now available! Check them out....

As promised, we just added new pictures of all the large Cocobolo and Bocote crotch pieces here at the shop.

Each section is truly unique and would make fantastic bases for coffee or end tables
(match one of these up with a custom glass top and you will definitely have a jaw-dropping piece of furniture!)

See below for some example of the pieces listed online, enjoy!
Click here to view available pieces.














(click here to see all the above pieces posted on our online store)

Feel free to give us a call if you see something you like
760.434.3030