dansnow Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 My son and I are working on a special order articulated dragon for a customer, and I plan to use wenge for the wing bones to give contrast to the maple wings. Any tips, tricks, warnings for the more experienced out there? I've never used this wood before, about all I know is I like its looks, and its dang hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdkits1 Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Wenge is a fairly difficult wood to work with. It can be splintery so caution should be taken when working with it. I got a fairly small splinter embedded and it got infected within a couple of hours. Don't know if it was just me or not but I now take extra care when working with it. Wilson's Woodworking, Clayton717 and Scrolling Steve 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansnow Posted December 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Thanks, good to know. will be careful with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Wood Toxicity Chart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgman Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Wenge is a very dense wood. it is hard to cut but finishes to a beautiful dark brown to almost black color. as mentioned it is very brittle and splintery. use a reveres tooth blade or a Flying Dutchman Ultra reverse blade. this will help with splintering on the back side. Sand a round over on the top edge to prevent splinters. you will be pleased with the color when finished! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansnow Posted December 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 The plan is to stack cut the 2 sets of wing bones from 1/8th stock with a 1/4" thick sacrificial backer board. Dust mask will be worn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgman Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 That sounds good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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