[Woodcarver] Alaskan Cedar

[Robbin Wenzoski]

Hello Watson family, I have carved Western Red Cedar from British Columbia & 
Yellow Cedar from here in Ontario, Canada. It is beautiful wood, but is a 
little different to carve small details in because of the large cell 
structure. I have found you have to just pay more attention to grain 
direction than other types of wood & also the use of Kutzall, ruby & diamond 
tip bits allow much finer detail to be achieved. Please check out my "Cedar 
log" pages on my site for some fine detail carving on Cedar at 
www.geocities.com/aruba692003/index.html
Thanks, Robbin

>From: Watson Family <watsonb at iinet.com.au>
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>Subject: [Woodcarver] Alaskan Cedar
>Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 14:35:35 +0800
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>One of our large suppliers here in Aust. Has a timber for sale which they 
>are calling Alaskan Cedar.
>My question is how does it carve?.
>Can it take fine detail?
>It looks like it may be good but they only have it in 10x2 x12ft long so 
>don't feel like investing just on the off chance.
>Any comments will be welcome.
>
>Peter
>Woodcarvings and Wildlife Sculptures
>http://www.watsonwoodcarver.com
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