I have some That was given to me for the pictures in wood project, is it soft, hard ?
should it carve a picture well, any advice would help.
see attached.
I have some That was given to me for the pictures in wood project, is it soft, hard ?
should it carve a picture well, any advice would help.
see attached.
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Ash is a hard wood. Have never carved any but have burnt a lot in my wood stove. It rates higher than white oak on the btu scale so I would think it would carve similar.
I'm sure somebody has used it and can chime in with an answer based on experience.
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Just looked up the janka scale. I guess it depends on what type of ash it is. Black ash = softer than cherry. white ash = about oak hardness. I've not personally used ash so would not even know how to identify it.
I have carved ash with no problem. Ash is very hard with finer tight grain, which are a few of the reasons it is used in baseball bat and other batons.
Ash is stable, carves very well. I use it allot.
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I use ash on a lot of sports signs, natural finish with a stained oak trim and it works great. Very little sanding clean up.
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I made a lot of my own lumber in years past harvesting local white ash trees that had fallen in a local woods, hence, I use a lot of it for carves and furniture.
Machines well and finishes well, much like white oak.
I have used it a lot as well. Carves well.