anybody carve Bubinga?

[bayea]

how did it do?
what other hardwoods carve good?

[bergerud]

I have carved ebony, rosewood, bocote, african blackwood, and cocobola. All carved great.

[chebytrk]

I just picked up some Basswood and Spruce and never carved on it. Will that carve any good?

[lawrence]

mesquite, cherry, oak, mahogany, zebrawood, maple, ironwood... by far, mesquite is my favorite to carve....

it requires almost no sanding with clean patterns

Lawrence

[gregsolano]

I just picked up some Basswood and Spruce and never carved on it. Will that carve any good?

I use a lot of basswood rounds and the carve great but be careful staining, it soaks up stain quick.

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[ktjwilliams]

I have found that any hardwood carves well and comes out of the machine very clean... I have carved Bloodwood, Zebra, Cocabola, Ebony Etc....

[cestout]

I live in southern Calif, so good wood is hare to find. I have to drive 30 miles each way to get anything better than #2 pine. I remembered basswood from wood shop back in high school in RI, but I tried it for carving and was not impressed for what it costs. For good stuff I like poplar - carves well and has interesting grain, alder, and cumala (a type of mahogany). For expensive outdoor sign I use iroko, lasts like teak but not abrasive and less expensive. I have a girl at the lumber yard who knows her wood and is good at advising.
Clint