Wood Properties of American Mahogany Although American Mahogany is considered a hardwood, it carved relatively easy and has an appealing grain and finishes beautifully. Here are the wood properties of American Mahogany: READERS’ COMMENTS This is going to be a very short blog post today since I have received no readers’ comments or questions thisContinue reading “Wood Properties of American Mahogany”
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Wood Hardness Ratings
The Janka hardwood rating test is a test that determines the hardness of a piece of wood (used mostly to determine the hardness of flooring planks). Quite often the hardness of a piece of wood relates directly with its density. Wood carvers, however, can use the Janka hardwood ratings to compare one type of carvingContinue reading “Wood Hardness Ratings”
WOOD SPECIES
I apologize for not writing for the past couple of days. My wife is very sick and is in the hospital so my mind and efforts have been elsewhere. She will be in and out of the hospital for the next four weeks. Today I want to introduce you all to the many different speciesContinue reading “WOOD SPECIES”
Wood Chip Chatter 