[Woodcarver] Fwd: cedar info.

[Rick Parker]

Denny,
I agree, Catalpa is a great wood to carve and looks great finished natural.
Happy Carving,
Rick

Sent by Rick Parker

On Aug 13, 2012, at 7:04 PM, Denny Bell <denny at cedarstump.us> wrote:


> The Catalpa I have carved was as nice as Butternut and, they say, Butternut is getting hard to find.  I get a lot of Catalpa for picking it up.

> 

> Denny

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> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 6:47 PM, Rick Parker <rick_pfm at yahoo.com> wrote:

> What's plain about Catalpa? It has a nice grain, carves great and finishes well! I have done a lot of faces and some animals in catalpa.

> Happy Carving,

> Rick

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> Sent by Rick Parker

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> On Aug 13, 2012, at 11:34 AM, Mike Huber <mike.huber at gmail.com> wrote:

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> > 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

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> > 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

> >> protection. Cedar and walnut are carigentics.

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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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> >> psherman at suite224.net

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> >> GOD BLESS AMERICA

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> >> http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/patshwigar

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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 taste

> >> good with ketchup

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