[Woodcarver] White vs. Yellow Birch

[Roland Surette]

Howdie,

just wanted to say thanks for the info and advice. Much appreciated!

Roland




On 3/9/07, Peter Barrow <peterbarrow3 at mac.com> 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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> /Dave

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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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