[Woodcarver] Wednesday Woodcarver Chat

[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 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

>>>                                    Woodbutcher Jan

>>>

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