[Woodcarver] Wednesday Woodcarver Chat

[Peter Barrow]

On 9 Mar 2007, at 20:29, Peter Barrow wrote:


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> 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:

>>>

>>>> 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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