[Woodcarver] Wednesday Woodcarver Chat

[Bill Judt]

Roland:

Are you attempting one on the patterns in my books...???
The reason I ask is that you mentioned White Birch. As far as I know,  
I'm the only person that actively promotes this wood for relief carving.

Yellow birch (also known as Eastern Birch) is very similar except for  
color and density. It is an EXCELLENT wood to carve in. And it is by  
no means a difficult wood to carve, unless you compare it to  
Basswood. Yellow birch is a medium-hard wood. A REALLY hard wood is  
Hickory, or Hard Maple. If you use a mallet for the heavy cuts you  
will find the wood quite manageable.

Hope this helps,

Bill

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On 7-Mar-07, at 3:50 PM, Roland Surette wrote:


> Hi all,

>

> I'm new to this and still learning. Have a question for anyone who  

> would care to respond. I'm getting ready to start a relief carving.  

> The plans suggested I use white birch but I was unable to get it. I  

> purchased and made my panel out of yellow birch. So far all I have  

> done is use the router to get a few of the depths right. Haven't  

> started to use the chisels yet. What do you think? Is it worthwile  

> to try and finish it off or not. I know that this is a pretty hard- 

> wood. Any opinions on if I should try to continue or not? I realize  

> that I should of probably attempted something more simple with a  

> chunk of basswood to start but what the heck, I just dove in. Did I  

> bite off more than I can chew here or what?

>

> Woodhawk Rollie


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