[Woodcarver] White vs. Yellow Birch

[Peter Barrow]

On 9 Mar 2007, at 20:24, Peter Barrow wrote:


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> On 8 Mar 2007, at 03:05, Dave_Kratzer at sil.org wrote:

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>> Hi,

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>> I have completed two of Bill Judt's reliefs using Yellow Birch. It  

>> is much harder to carve than basswood.  Some hand carving can be  

>> done but a mallet makes it much easier to do. I found the finished  

>> project came out very nice. My carvings are the wolf relief, and  

>> God Bless Our Home relief in my Carvings 1 and Carvings 2  

>> picturetrail albums . I used Bill's sealer and wax finish. Hang in  

>> there you won't be disappointed. Maybe Bill or someone else could  

>> tell us the difference in hardness of the two woods. I've never  

>> used White Birch so don't have any idea how much softer/harder it  

>> is than Yellow Birch.

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>> Hi all,

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>> 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 worthwhile 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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