wood

neal.don asks:

>I have never worked with sassafras wood before is it any good ? is it soaf
>or hard wood?

It's a hardwood that's fairly soft and easy to work. Light, great smell, good
looking grain (IMO), darkens to a kind of dull orangish brown after a time.
Splits if nailed too near a side or end. Glues well. Finishes well.

Oh, yeah. It's durable. I've got just about enough to make a couple of
birdhouses, so I'll try it come late winter.


Charlie Self
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." Sir Winston
Churchill

>I have never worked with sassafras wood before is it any good ? is it soaf
>or hard wood?

I used sassafras to make the T-handle on my vise. It seemed the only choice.
Roger Poplin dba [email protected]

http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/syllabus/salbidum.htm

http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/LandownerFactsheets/detail.cfm?Genus=Sassafras&Species=albidum

neal.don wrote:

> I have never worked with sassafras wood before is it any good ? is it soaf
> or hard wood?
>
>

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 20:39:41 GMT, "neal.don" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>I have never worked with sassafras wood before is it any good ?

ALL wood is good, some is simply misunderstood.

Barry