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  1. 4th December 2008, 06:54 PM #1
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    Question something new to carve

    ok people im one of them people who picks up wood and just carves it
    now being from nz i know hhow the nz woods carve but now here in aus trying to find a nice soft wood
    i mean over carving MDF
    and the odd stop sign from time to time
    (plz do not ask)
    so can anyone help??
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  3. 4th December 2008, 10:05 PM #2
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    Silky Oak is quite soft and fairly abundant. Pawlonia?
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    Huon Pine is top stuff. And Camphor Laurel
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    I already offered Camphor he hasn't replied
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    hoop pine is quite nice too
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    white beech does it for me nz, about as friendly as it gets

    Quote Originally Posted by nz_carver View Post
    and the odd stop sign from time to time
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    stay away from Australian stop signs nz, they're made from steel and aluminium.
    (still easier to carve than gidgee though)

    what if the hokey pokey is really what it's all about?
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    Camphor is softer than hoop pine, which has a tendency to pull away under the chisel at times, Very sharp chisels are necessary. Fresh hardwoods are as user friendly as some of the drier soft woods imo. Casurina is abundant and fairly soft too.
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    l like fruit tree timber
    smile and the world will smile with you
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    Huon pine is the way im thinking
    or jalutong just the size im after is going to be the prob

    i wana cavre a set of hands
    did a drawing for someone called igod
    of a set of hands holding a ipod
    and think it will be cool to carve it
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    jacaranda is good too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SPIRIT View Post
    l like fruit tree timber
    Hear, hear. Butter carves like butter, but who wants a butter carving?
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    how about cake l like cake
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    and if yer stuff up a cake carving yer just stuff it in yer gob
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    Quote Originally Posted by movay_2008 View Post
    Camphor is softer than hoop pine, which has a tendency to pull away under the chisel at times, Very sharp chisels are necessary. Fresh hardwoods are as user friendly as some of the drier soft woods imo. Casurina is abundant and fairly soft too.
    What Casuarina are we going to discuss here Movay?

    I think there is a difference between soft and easy to carve.
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