Othr than Pine and Basswood, what are some great woods to carve....as in just as easy as basswood...same type of grain etc? ???
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I'll agree with Al on the aspen - it carves beautifully. And, at least around here, you can get it at your local lumberyard. Pine will probably always be my favorite, but depending on what you're carving, basswood seems to be the choice of most carvers.
Teri
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Hi,
You asked about what woods people like to carve. In addition to bass, I like butternut and catalpa. In fact, I think the two have a color and grain somewhat alike.
Butternut can be medium hard but not as hard as walnut. Great when wanting to leave the carving unpainted.
Lengths of Catalpa tree limbs make great wood spirits. Catalpa has big leaves and long beans after blooming and it is fairly common here in the Midwest.
Donna T.
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I'll carve/whittle most anything I can lay my hands on. About the only wood I just don't like is Sycamore due to the gnarly grain. All that said, if I was to pick something other the Basswood or Pine I'd go for Butternut. It carves nicely, has a nice grain (kind of walnut like), and is pretty much readilly available. Understand catalpa is nice also, but haven't gotten around to trying it just yet (soon).
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Don't like Sycamore, eh? That a shame, I have a whole lot here(read: dying sycamore trees) and it is rather good looking. After I get around to using some I'll let you know. If it doesn't carve nice then sycamore IS the most useless tree in the world. By the way, how do you mean 'gnarly'?Carving is the art of taking a block of wood and cutting off anything that doesn't look like a carving.
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