[Woodcarver] Wednesday Woodcarver Chat

[Peter Barrow]

On 8 Mar 2007, at 00:16, Bill Judt wrote:


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> 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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