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Try Azobe, they sell whole railway sleepers of it, like lignum vitae its one of the few woods that doesn't float having a specific gravity higher than 1 ,

[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.uk-timber.co.uk/new-untreated-railway-sleepers/109602-new-azobe-ekki-untreated-railway-sleepers.html[/URL]

Its a very hard wood so your tooling will be tested but it resists knocks etc very well. Its also a very fine grain so the cross grain part of the ring will remain solid and stable.

[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.mytropicaltimber.org/en/c/6/products/13/azobe[/URL]

[QUOTE="Pierre, post: 371252, member: 1143"] Try Azobe, they sell whole railway sleepers of it, like lignum vitae its one of the few woods that doesn't float having a specific gravity higher than 1 , [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.uk-timber.co.uk/new-untreated-railway-sleepers/109602-new-azobe-ekki-untreated-railway-sleepers.html[/URL] Its a very hard wood so your tooling will be tested but it resists knocks etc very well. Its also a very fine grain so the cross grain part of the ring will remain solid and stable. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.mytropicaltimber.org/en/c/6/products/13/azobe[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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