[Woodcarver] What have you been working on?

[Donna Menke]

Ditto to what Maura and Joe said. What you bought as aspen may indeed not be aspen.

 Donna Menke
http://www.woodworks-by-donna.com 
Author: The Ultimate Band Saw Box Book



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> I find aspen to be a very soft carving wood, so much so that I recommend it 

> to my carvers because you can't get any basswood around my part of NYC.  It 

> carves beautifully with sharp tools.  Perhaps its a bit more grainy than 

> basswood but tends to crush less also.  My carvers report back to me and 

> say they really like the aspen.  I have a man who chips aspen all the time 

> and doesn't seem to have any problems doing it.  Perhaps you got a bad 

> piece or two or it is a different type of aspen in your part of the 

> country.  I dunno, go figure.

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> Maura Carving in NYC

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> http://mycarvingclub.com/mauramacaluso

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