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Old 09-22-2005, 01:59 PM
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I was wondering if any of you use Basswood cants or with the heart in it. I found a example of what I am talking about on ebay. If so I can get these pretty much witout ordering them special.
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When you live in the desert, you use about anything decent you can get a knife into! LOLJester
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I was just curious lol, seems when I get asked for basswood , they dont want heartwood in it and I seen this and thought well , I can get all kinds of that lol
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I don't carve any thing that has a full growth ring. If iI get wood that still has the heart I slice right thru it to relieve the tension of the rings. I was sawing blocks last weekend dried down to 15% and you could hear it pop when we sawed thru the rings.
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I've carved some heartwood from bass. Some carves nice & some times it's pretty bad. It can be hard & splinter a bit. Tends to have mineral deposits in it also (greenish looking places that can really mess up an edge).
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All of my 'dimensional" basswood is from cant cut-offs that I get free from a local pallet plant. I rip it into smaller chunks on the bandsaw. One big bonus of living in the upper midwest is free wood.
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All of my 'dimensional" basswood is from cant cut-offs that I get free from a local pallet plant. I rip it into smaller chunks on the bandsaw. One big bonus of living in the upper midwest is free wood.
If you "cant" cut'em off, why cant you?SarcasticWink
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Hi_Ho,
Because Cans don't carve as well as Cants!
You can carve cans with snips.
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Talking Talking HERE WE GO AGAIN!!!Talking Talking
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