[Woodcarver] Cedar

[Joe Dillett]

Hi Mike,

There's lots of varieties of Cedar and they all carve differently. Cedar is 
a long grain wood that is soft and doesn't hold detail very well. Red 
aromatic cedar carves about 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 where 10 is the best. 
White cedar is about a 3. A lot depends on that type it is and where it is 
grown.

Many hardwood supply stores are mail order and will ship directly to you. I 
use The Hardwood Connection (815-985-8733) for most of my carving wood. It 
will cost almost nothing to call them and get a quote on some good wood.

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 [business web site]
http://www.carvingmagazine.com ['Ask Joe' column]
http://community.webshots.com/user/joe_dillett
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Walters" <mwalters69 at shaw.ca>
To: "Woodcarver" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 3:37 PM
Subject: [Woodcarver] Cedar



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> As some of you know I have recently moved to a small tourist town inside a 

> National park. There's not allot of material supply places out here & 

> gathering wood inside a Nation park is illegal (if you get caught :)) I've 

> got some ideas I'm working on to make a little extra money off all the 

> tourists that pass through here but don't want to keep driving back into 

> the 'Big City' for supplies. I've found a place that sells cedar boards 

> that would suit my purpose but I've never tried to carve cedar before.

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> Just looking for some feedback on how well cedar works for relief carving.

>

> Thanks

> Mike 'TheKid'

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