[Woodcarver] Wednesday Woodcarver Chat

[Peter Barrow]

On 9 Mar 2007, at 20:22, Peter Barrow wrote:


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> On 8 Mar 2007, at 00:16, Bill Judt 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.

>>

>> 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:

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>>> 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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