[Woodcarver] Fwd: cedar info.

[Edswood at aol.com]

I use quite a bit of red cedar but mostly for rustic furniture,   frames, 
clocks, etc. I have carved it and I definitely agree that it isn't a  good 
carving wood. It is also difficult to finish sometimes as the finish is  often 
"rejected" in spots due to the oilyness of the cedar. But for beauty,  it 
sure is hard to beat. And of course the aromatic red cedar smells great. I  
was lucky enough to come across a u-haul truck load of live-edged, very  
"pecky" slab red cedar that I've made some beautiful furniture pieces  with.(See 
website:EdswoodDesigns.com). 
 
Ed Famulare
Edswood Designs  
 
 
In a message dated 8/13/2012 12:34:29 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
mike.huber at gmail.com writes:

If you  want the character of the wood to be an important element of
the piece,  look at butternut.
Basswood and catalpa are  plain.

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Mike  Huber



On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 9:14 AM, psherman  <psherman at suite224.net> wrote:

> Butternut and basswood and tupelo  and catalpa are the best for carving

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> Buckeye  is not bad either.

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> If you are going to use  cedar with power tools make sure you wear lung

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> The dust can give you a lot of  problems.

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> I don’t carve cedar as it makes me  itch.

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> Pat  sherman

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> GOD BLESS  AMERICA

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> Best home  protection is a smith and Wesson

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> And a damn big  dog.

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> Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, because you are  crunchy and 

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