[Woodcarver] White vs. Yellow Birch

[Peter Barrow]

On 9 Mar 2007, at 20:30, Peter Barrow wrote:


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> 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.

>>>

>>> /Dave

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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 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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