Making a Marri TV Cabinet.
I have to admit it. I am not a big fan of Marri (Corymbia calophylla) as a furniture timber. Sure, here in Western Australia it is currently the most popular furniture timber in the furniture retail outlets... but that doesn't encourage me to want to use the stuff! However, I had customers who wished their TV cabinet to be made from Marri, so after I was given the go-ahead I was off to the local timber merchant to pick through the racks. Marri timber in the racks. Ex-inch and a half stock here, dressed to 175 x 30mm. Selecting the timber for the project. You have to do a lot of digging in the racks selecting any timber, to get the good stuff - but with Marri there is much more digging to do as there is a lot of rubbish. One of the family of trees knows as Bloodwoods, most Marri is riddled with gum veins (kino). This gives the wood it's feature, but the down side is that much of the gum veins can fall apart and can be structurally unsound. That's spal...