[Woodcarver] Wednesday Woodcarver Chat

[Peter Barrow]

On 8 Mar 2007, at 11:34, Jan Oegema wrote:


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> Roland:

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> 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.

>

> ++++++++++++++ AFTER I got back from your place Bill I have used it  

> for my self and have promoted it to several of my students

> And they were all surprised how great the wood is for 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

> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

> some of the hard woods are a curse like Hickory

> Use that for mallets not  for carving

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