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cypress for carving
Anyone ever use cypress for carving? Any recomendations good or bad would
be appreciated. thanks. |
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"Dan-o" wrote in
: Anyone ever use cypress for carving? Any recomendations good or bad would be appreciated. thanks. I carved a sign from cypress recently - not quite as nice as redwood - a little harder and grainier. The only real negative I encountered was that after dimensioning (I glued up 2" X ~8" boards to make a 24" X 36" oval), it continued to develop checks - which wasn't a big deal for me since the sign was to be painted. |
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It's a good wood to use, but it will split on you. I find it better to cave
green. Also I use solid pieces rather than gluing up. I have a buddy in the timber industry, he calls me when they cut any Cypress or Tupelo, and I go get 'em. Whole Trees!!!. Plus you can harvest all the knees from a felled tree!!! My recommendation is to use a hard finish and not oil or wax... this stuff will dry out very quickly, and you have to reapply oil every few months, not good for a piece that you plan to sell. Also if you can find "green" Logs or knees you will be better off to boil the wood...All the bark comes off in sheets and the underlying wood is beautiful. Plus boiling drives out some of the water in the wood...This seems to help with checking and splitting, which you should get used to because inevitably it will! One other thing...It's pretty porous wood so you need very very sharp tools. What do you plan to do with it? Anyone ever use cypress for carving? Any recomendations good or bad would be appreciated. thanks. |
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I havent done much carving,but cypress should do alright,if you carve it
before it dries out. Marvin http://community.webtv.net/pinecypress/FlaCrackerCrafts |
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