This was carved in poplar on the optimum setting. About 6 hours carve time. This was made from a single pattern.
This was carved in poplar on the optimum setting. About 6 hours carve time. This was made from a single pattern.
wow! That looks great. How are your planning on finishing it?
Doug Fletcher
Wow, nice job! I have been staying away from poplar because I thought it was too soft to hold detail, but after seeing this I may have to give it a try!!
Craig
Very nice looking, all those antler motif patterns of yours really are sharp.
Justin Pierce, aka spalted
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Very nice!
Craig,
When i first started carving i felt the same way about the Poplar, and also found that it left a lot of fuzzies to clean up. Just by a fluke I recently carved a piece that had set in the garage for about 2 years, and used it to test a design, and found it to carve very nicely. The only difference was that it had been setting around so long. I purchased another piece, and it was somewhat fuzzy again. So, i checked the moisture of the wood, and sure enough the new board from Lowes had almost twice the moisture content of the old piece... So moral of the story is that dry Poplar definitely carves "cleaner" and "crisper".
Terry,
Very nice job on the sign... It looks great!
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Last edited by TerryT; 07-01-2010 at 01:02 PM.
Nice Carve!! Yep, poplar is a nice wood to carve in, especially on optimum. That came out really clean. Good design.
Bill