LarryEA Posted November 26, 2015 Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 Basswood: Basswood is an ideal wood for woodcarving. I saw Rob's post on his compound cut reindeer and read the article about it. Basswood is also great for 3D cutting, All this reminded me that I have a 'fallen' Basswood tree in the woods. I need to go check it out and see if it is worth sawing into lumber. I want to do some more compound and want to make it as easy as possible. What wood do you use for compound cutting? amazingkevin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWSUDEKUM Posted November 26, 2015 Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 Larry I use mostly Pine, Poplar but have used Black Walnut, Mahogany, Sapele and Cedar. As you can see I stay away from the extremely hard woods but other than that its fair game. DW LarryEA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ike Posted November 26, 2015 Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 Pine and poppular LarryEA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted November 26, 2015 Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 Pine and poplar for me.......Tried basswood.....for the money pine and poplar work better for me. LarryEA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrollerpete Posted November 26, 2015 Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 I used everything in the scrap box, if I cannot cut bird houses or Christmas ornaments of the pieces in the scrap box, next place is the wood stove. dgman and LarryEA 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Finn Posted November 26, 2015 Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 Mahagony is what I use for compound cutting. LarryEA and tomsteve 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwine Posted November 26, 2015 Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 Cedar, poplar, also laminate different hardwoods together for a different look. Erv LarryEA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgman Posted November 26, 2015 Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 I used everything in the scrap box, if I cannot cut bird houses or Christmas ornaments of the pieces in the scrap box, next place is the wood stove. I'm with Pete, what ever I have laying around. I have cut mini birdhouses out of Maple, Birch, Cherry, Mahogany, Pine, Walnut, spruce, Red Oak, Alder and even Cocobolo, Redheart, Yellowheart and Puurpleheart, all without burning! The trick is applying clear packing tape to all sides of the blank and using the right blade. For these I use an FD Polar #5 or #7. The Polar blades have a slight set to the teeth that help clear the sawdust from the curf, which helps when cutting thick wood. LarryEA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC Scroller Posted November 26, 2015 Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 I use mostly pine, spruce and poplar. Butternut and aspen are few other woods I have used with good success. LarryEA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrpeteo Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 (edited) I made a bunch of those tiny reindeer last year and used this from my local Menard's big box store. Pete Edited November 27, 2015 by jrpeteo LarryEA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryEA Posted November 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 I made a bunch of those tiny reindeer last year and used this from my local Menard's big box store. Pete wood.JPG 008.JPG Wow, look good Pete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted November 28, 2015 Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 white wood 2x4's quick and easy! Basswood: Basswood is an ideal wood for woodcarving. I saw Rob's post on his compound cut reindeer and read the article about it. Basswood is also great for 3D cutting, All this reminded me that I have a 'fallen' Basswood tree in the woods. I need to go check it out and see if it is worth sawing into lumber. I want to do some more compound and want to make it as easy as possible. What wood do you use for compound cutting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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