Heres a new one

Young Carpenter wrote:

> Aspen?
> Anyone work with aspen before? Is it sorta like birch? I can't think of
> getting more that 6" per board.

See:

http://www.hardwood.org/species_guide/display_species.asp?species=aspen

--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA

I have worked with Aspen. It is a soft fuzzy wood with grain patterns that
range from perfectly clear to some very interesting figuring.
It doesn't plane very well, I had to resort to cutting and sanding. It did
turn very nicely in a lathe.

Ms. Leslie Gossett





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> Aspen?
> Anyone work with aspen before? Is it sorta like birch? I can't think of
> getting more that 6" per board.
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Old one, really. I've used "popple" for a lot of interiors and unders on
different projects. Turned a bunch, too.

It has interlocked grain, almost will not split, which is why traditional
use was cart bottoms. Throw anything on it, and it'll dent, not split.
Also means there is really no way to predict what will happen when you rip a
board. I've had 'em twist almost 90 degrees! Definitely a wood you cut
oversize and machine down. Sawmills hereabout used to saw, dry, then resaw
for boards, which is a lot of trouble for a wood you almost can't give away.
Looks really nice when natural-finished, but takes stain _very_ unevenly.

It's even softer than white birch, and nowhere near yellow. Only
characteristic they share is interlocked grain.

As I've said many times before, it's the wood preferred by the Finns up here
for sauna benches, because you can't get it to splinter!

Also feels cooler than any other wood in a sauna.

"Young Carpenter" <Fiddleronroof*@*juno.com> wrote in message
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> Aspen?
> Anyone work with aspen before? Is it sorta like birch? I can't think of
> getting more that 6" per board.
> --
> Young Carpenter
>

Our Kitchen Craft cabinets from Canada have Aspen for drawer sides.
Watched the contractor rip the sides to lower height and I tried the
scraps. That was enough for me.

On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 10:47:23 -0400, "Young Carpenter"
<Fiddleronroof*@*juno.com> wrote:

>Anyone work with aspen before?