[Woodcarver] Butternut (formerly Black Walnut)

[Mike Bloomquist]

Yes I do Rick.  I'll e-mail the pages to you directly as JPEG attachments.
If you need them in a different format, just reply to me.

Keep on Carvin'
-Mike B.->


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "rick p" <rick_pfm at yahoo.com>
To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Butternut (formerly Black Walnut)



> DONATIONS to the Woodcarver Mailing List can be made using PayPal OR

regular mail. Click this link: http://wwwoodcarver.com/WWWList/WWWList.html

> Does anyone have plans for making Native American

> Flutes?

> Rick Parker

> rick_pfm at yahoo.com

>

>

>

> --- Mike Bloomquist <m.bloomquist at verizon.net> wrote:

>

> > DONATIONS to the Woodcarver Mailing List can be made

> > using PayPal OR regular mail. Click this link:

> > http://wwwoodcarver.com/WWWList/WWWList.html

> > Joe,

> > I echo your feelings on the butternut, especially

> > the "we're going to miss

> > it".  Catalpa is a fine substitute, but I find it

> > much harder to carve, and

> > the browns on most pieces I have and have seen

> > aren't as rich <deep>.

> > Because it is denser than butternut, catalpa, for

> > me, makes better N.A.

> > flutes because the flute walls resonate more

> > strongly.  That sound quality

> > is very subjective and only my humble opinion, but

> > because of it,  I use my

> > catalpa for the flutes and reserve the butternut for

> > other projects.

> >

> > It's sad that a lot of my butternut lately is coming

> > from standing dead

> > "finds" that my carving friends and I have made in

> > woodlots and peoples'

> > backyards.  My oldest woodcarving friend (10 years

> > now), Harold, has always

> > had a real nose for carving lumber in general, but

> > keeps a special eye

> > <nose?> out for butternut to add to our drying

> > piles.  We've combined forces

> > several times to fell, cut up, divvy up, and stack

> > butternut for carving,

> > but he still has the larger stockpile.  Like most

> > friends, we go back and

> > forth doing things for each other, but more than

> > once I've found a gift

> > piece (more like a timber) of butternut waiting for

> > me on the side porch

> > when he though he was behind in the balance.

> > Hopefully we honor these trees

> > properly in our carvings.  To honor the tree is my

> > general feeling for any

> > wood that I carve, but especially butternut.

> >

> > Keep on Carvin'

> > -Mike Bloomquist->

> >

> > Wooden Dreams Woodcarving

> > http://www.borg.com/~bloomqum

> >

> >

> >

> > ----- Original Message ----- 

> > From: "Joe Dillett" <jdillett at thecarvingshop.com>

> > To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>

> > Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 9:53 AM

> > Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Black Walnut

> >

> >

> > > DONATIONS to the Woodcarver Mailing List can be

> > made using PayPal OR

> > regular mail. Click this link:

> > http://wwwoodcarver.com/WWWList/WWWList.html

> > > > Joe,

> > > >

> > > > In your opinion where does butternut fall in

> > hardness?

> > > >

> > > > Jim D.

> > > > http://www.picturetrail.com/oldtool2

> > > > http://www.jdscrafts.com

> > > *************************

> > > Hi Jim,

> > >

> > > For me butternut (aka white walnut also called

> > oilnut) and basswood are

> > > about the same carving hardness.

> > >

> > > Average Specific Gravity (which relates pretty

> > well to hardness) for

> > > butternut 0.38, basswood 0.37, catalpa 0.41, black

> > walnut 0.55 as compared

> > > to white oak 0.68 or red oak 0.63

> > >

> > > Butternut is getting HARDER (to purchase) just

> > found 900 bd ft for $7.25 a

> > > board foot (ouch). (Notice how I worked the word

> > harndess in there?

> > hehehe)

> > >

> > > Lately I'm finding it very HARD to find the light

> > colored butternut

> > (almost

> > > basswood color). A tree of life I did from

> > butternut 20 years ago needs

> > > another 51 roses carved to expand the tree. We

> > selected the lightest

> > > butternut we could find, but after carving all 51

> > roses the clear sealer

> > > still made them too dark to match the older roses.

> > We're now recarving all

> > > 51 roses in basswood and staining them slightly to

> > match the old roses.

> > >

> > > Butternut is HARDER to finish because it tends to

> > fuzz. If it is carved

> > with

> > > sharp tools it will not fuzz. Also a light sanding

> > after the first coat of

> > > sealer removes most of the fuzzies.

> > >

> > > We're going to miss butternut when its gone.

> > Catalpa is a closer match

> > than

> > > most woods with a little more sparkle in the

> > grain. You have to see it up

> > > close to tell the difference.

> > >

> > > Joe Dillett

> > > The Carving Shop

> > > 645 E. LaSalle St. Suite 3

> > > Somonauk, IL. 60552

> > > (815) 498-9290 phone

> > > (815) 498-9249 fax

> > > http://www.thecarvingshop.com

> > > jdillett at thecarvingshop.com

> > > http://www.carvingmagazine.com Carving Magazine

> > web site and Readers Forum

> > > http://community.webshots.com/user/joe_dillett

> > > http://www.citizenactions.org

> > > http://www.safeguardsystemsinc.com

> > > **************************************************

> > >

> > >

> > > _______________________________________________

> > > Woodcarver mailing list

> > > Woodcarver at six.pairlist.net

> > >

> > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/woodcarver

> > >

> >

> > _______________________________________________

> > Woodcarver mailing list

> > Woodcarver at six.pairlist.net

> > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/woodcarver

> >

>

>

>

>

>

> __________________________________

> Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005

> http://mail.yahoo.com

> _______________________________________________

> Woodcarver mailing list

> Woodcarver at six.pairlist.net

> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/woodcarver

>