Comments on: Mansonia

By: Roger Hammersmith

Roger Hammersmith — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 21:45:22 +0000

Built a chess table out of this and maple, many years ago. It disappeared in Hawaii when we had a garage sale… sadly

By: HOWARD IZENSON

HOWARD IZENSON — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 22:04:36 +0000

In 1971 I was inducted into the USAF. I was a GMO at a SAC base in NH.

I went to the wood working shop and learned how to use power tools and table saws.

I was pretty good with my hands and my wife showed me a sofa table. I want to the local lumber yard and the salesman sold me mansonia which he called African walnut. I made tea sofa table which was beautiful. The wood was not hard to work but I finished it with oil based varnish which took a couple of weeks to dry. I guess my wife was not too impressed and subsequently gave it to a friend when we moved. I now live in Chicago but cannot find ansonia in the local hardwood store but fortunately, walnut is plentiful.

By: michael

michael — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 18:04:38 +0000

what method is used in the wood conversion of mansonia

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 31 Aug 2019 03:14:13 +0000

In reply to J E Andrews. I don't know about these medical questions, but you could ask your doctor. The general compound in mansonia that generates the cardiac problems is a class of compounds know as "cardiac glycosides."

By: J E Andrews

J E Andrews — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 20:27:10 +0000

I made a coffee table in mansonia at school and won the 4th year carpentry prize the table was worked to a very fine french polish finnish with many weeks of sanding this was in 1958 I am now 78 and had a pre opp for a minor operation and was found to have a Asymptomatic left bundle branch block
They found no evidence of any previous heart attack
Does anyone know if there could be any link sanding Mansonia also in my life as a carpenter i used Greenheart three times forming beams out of reclaimed timber using a disc sander and belt sander with a lot of dust
It seems strange that these are the only 2 timbers that can caust any cardic problems

By: A t stevens

A t stevens — Mon, 27 May 2019 20:15:08 +0000

Also while at high school in 1958/9 I made a hexagonal sliding-folding top coffee table of mansonia, I still have it in my conservatory 60 years later. My father managed a pub and had the bar area and counter top refurbed. The ‘French polishers’ to the bar counter repolished my coffee table and it looks as good as new.

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 17:51:29 +0000

Whilst at secondary school in 1961/62 I made a magazine rack with two end pieces of Mansonia. I spent quite a few weeks sanding it before French polishing and after each lesson I felt as if I had developed a cold. It was beautiful timber which the teacher told me was nicknamed “stinkwood”

By: rob

rob — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 13:39:15 +0000

While at secondary school in 1955 I made a coffee table top from Mansonia. Decades of use and abuse by me and 3 boys and it’s still going strong.