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Kent,
I have in the past turned som cabinet pulls, and other small objects out of African Purple Heart. The wood came from the scrap bin of a local Sauna builder. The wood is purple only after it has oxidized, and varies in color when freshly cut, (usually lighter and not purple).
I know that if you let it age it turns purple, but what I wonder more is how it will work with epoxy. I remember it being fairly oily. Maybe Nick, or someone on the BBS would know.
Chris
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