[Woodcarver] Sign wood

[Barney Elking]

Joe:
I'm glad to see you saying that logging practices by "some" companies are
bad.  Contrary to the hype that the anti-anything group is trying to brand
the forest products industry with, there are some extremely responsible
members of that industry that are suffering badly from the adverse
publicity.  Redwood is a good example.  There are extensive groves of old
growth redwood preserved in State and National forests that will never be
logged.  As far as private land is concerned, the primary premise that the
landowner should be following is to maintain the productivity of the land.
Trees have a life cycle that can be related to growth per acre.  When the
mortality of the acre is exceeding that acre's growth, the trees should be
harvested and replaced with thrifty, growing stock.  That principle should
be followed by all responsible forest land owners and, of course, the
harvest should be conducted with minimum damage to the basic land resource.

I am a retired former member of the Forest Products Industry and a wood
carver.

Barney Elking
Fortuna, CA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Dillett" <jdillett at thecarvingshop.com>
To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Sign wood


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> Hi Ron,
>
> Thanks for the idea on Western Red cedar.
>
> White oak is good for outdoors. It's the other oaks like red oak that
don't
> hold up to weather. I've used white oak for exterior doors with extreemly
> good weathering qualities. They use white oak for boat building.
>
> I agree that logging practices by some companies are very harmful. My wood
> supplier has even gone to see first hand that they are doing what they
say,
> but he says there is still no gurantee they're harvesting all their logs
> that way. I think we should be mindfull of trying to screen out the ones
> that are hurting our environment.
>
> Joe Dillett
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ramsey" <ron at carvedbyramsey.com>
> To: <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 12:26 PM
> Subject: [Woodcarver] Sign wood
>
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> >   Western red cedar is a great sign carving wood.  It weathers much
> > better than redwood and if you find a tight grain board it carves
> > very well.  Redwood is hard to find in tight grain anymore and I try
> > to stay away from old growth redwood anyway. I don't want to
> > contribute to the logging of the last bit of old growth redwood.
> > Second growth works fine for router work but is terrible for incising
> > and detail.  White oak is not a good choice.  It does not hold up
> > well in exterior applications.  I agree with Joe that genuine
> > mahogany, also called Honduras mahogany, is a good sign carving wood
> > but that brings up the question of using tropical hardwoods.  I have
> > used mahogany extensively in the past but have stopped using it
> > unless it's Smart Wood certified.  As I have become educated about
> > some of the logging practices in tropical countries, I have become
> > much more selective in the wood I use.
> >
> > Ron Ramsey
> > http://www.carvedbyramsey.com/signs2.htm
> >
> > >Mahogany would be my first choice of wood for that sign. It carves nice
> and
> > >holds up outdoors well. My second choice would be redwood and maybe
third
> > >would be white oak. In fourth place might be cedar because of the
coarse
> > >grain and not carving very well. Use exterior paints and varnishes for
> > >finishing.
> > >Joe Dillett
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