Best source for carving woods?

Hi,

I've a couple of guitars if you are stuck for one….

But really..

I've a 100 acre woodland here in Tang very diverse with 32 different species.

I do have some lime (basswood) growing.

My father was a woodturner and there remains a stock of yew, boxwood, spindle, cherry, etc

I'd be delighted to supply you with wood for carving

no rip offs, just fair prices and an interest in forming long term customer relationships.

pm me

tim

Hi Magic,

Get the pith out before you dry the wood.

The growth rings tend to straighten as it dries.

Wood shrinks as it dries about twice as much around the circumference of the rings as it does radially at right angles to the rings.

Also the wood dries and shrinks on the outside before the centre, when extreme this is called case hardening. It can be mitigated through daily humidity changes as in a solar kiln, or if in an environment with stable humidity by misting the surface with water in a sprayer periodically throughout the drying.

Furthermore, the cross cut ends will dry more rapidly than the underbark surface of the wood, folk usually control this by painting the endgrain with Anchorseal or a similar product, in the past folk used melted waxes, oils and fats etc.

hope this helps

tim