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>I find carving is a very nice escape. It sure is. I forget any issues or worries I have while doing it. What kind of wood do you use for carving? I have use
by fuzztester 3y ago
>I find carving is a very nice escape.
It sure is. I forget any issues or worries I have while doing it.
What kind of wood do you use for carving?
I have used pine in the past, e.g., I once carved a spoon out of it. One advantage of pine is that, having resin, it has a good scent.
Currently I am using old teak, a piece which a sawmill shop guy gave me for free, and which I was pleasantly surprise to find, was soft enough to carve with my knife. I would have thought that it would be too hard to carve, because I have heard that teak is a strong wood, but maybe that kind of strength is not the same as hardness, in terms of physical properties of materials. I need to read up on that topic.
- data-ottawa 3y agoI use basswood, I have family who use it for firewood, so I can get big already dry pieces for free and then I cut them down to workable size with a hand saw. It's cheaper at my local lumber store than online as well. I haven't been very adventurous with other woods because of that. Basswood is light and easy to carve, but it doesn't finish as well as other woods.
- fuzztester 3y agoThanks.
- fuzztester 3y agoI googled basswood, and found this article about it, and its parent site, the Wood Database, both of which are interesting: https://www.wood-database.com/basswood/ https://www.wood-database.com/basswood/
- data-ottawa 3y agoI didn't know about that site either, the comment section is fantastic, it's full of users who both try different finishes and report back how it went
- fuzztester 3y agoCool, I will check that out. I only read the basswood entry so far. We need more sites like these on the net, instead of the garbage piles that are much more common nowadays.
- PawgerZ 3y agoThis might be the coolest site I've discovered on Hacker News in a while. Thanks for sharing!
- fuzztester 3y agoYou're welcome :)
- fuzztester 3y ago>pleasantly surprise surprised, typo