[geeks] O2 graphics compared to entry-levelOctanegraphics?

[Chris Byrne]

We regularly worked on the restoration of pieces of antique or "art"
furniture costing hundreds of thousands of dollars. I worked on one french
desk that was sixteen feet long, built in the early 18th century out of
ebony and mahogany with various exotic wood inlays and gold leaf stenciling.
When I asked how much the piece was worth the owner of the shop (my uncle
actually. Nepotism at it's finest ;-) replied "More than this shop". The
shop at the time was probably worth 2 million or so just in tools never mind
the actual property value so...

And you would be amazed at how expensive a good piece of aaa quality wood
can be. Or even worse, luthier grade wood (used for making instruments). The
blank for a curly maple, birdseye maple, or figured walnut guitar can run
into the thousands if its nicely figured and this is a two foot sqaure piece
of wood thats 2" thick. You can't make solidbody guitars out of ebony
anymore because they are no longer producing boards of the appropriate size.

Fine woods have gotten so expensive that its almost all veneer work on
modern pieces.

Chris Byrne

> -----Original Message-----
> From: geeks-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:geeks-admin at sunhelp.org]On Behalf
> Of Joshua D Boyd
> Sent: 25 April 2002 17:31
> To: geeks at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [geeks] O2 graphics compared to entry-levelOctanegraphics?
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 05:20:05PM +0100, Chris Byrne wrote:
> > I guarantee you there would be a VERY large market for it. Home centers,
> > school woodshops etc... When I worked for a furniture refinisher and
> > restorer this would have been VERY nice since we were working
> on furniture
> > where a single screwed up cut could cost us tens of thousands
> of dollars.
>
> What piece of wood are you cutting where a screw up costs tens of
> thousands
> of dollars?
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