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July 6, 2024
Weatherproof woodcarving for outdoor work that lasts
Three hundred year old window sashes in St Petersburg still look fresh, and all they ever got was boiled linseed oil. Here is what actually keeps a carving alive outdoors, which woods are rated durable, and the finishing mistake that can burn your shop down.
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December 8, 2020
Carving walnut, is it good wood for the job?
I once worked a house built entirely from purple walnut, and carved a furniture panel out of what was left over. Here is how the wood really behaves under a gouge, what bevel it wants, where it snaps, and what a board should cost you.
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November 26, 2020
Is cedar a good wood for carving?
Four unrelated trees get sold as cedar, and they behave nothing alike under a gouge. Here are the real hardness numbers, why the grain destroys small detail, and what this wood is genuinely good for.
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