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Re: Strip: Albus wood strips
By:dhwdaniels
Date: 4/8/2010, 6:02 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Albus wood strips (Allan)

: Did they tell you anything about its density or how well it bends?

I am building a Night Heron out of poplar strips. The density is round 0.4. WRC is 0.3 and Fir 0.6 so light enough. It is much stronger than WRC and here in Holland much cheaper.
It bends very well and is carved easy with knife and plane.

Here in Holland they made wooden shoes of this material for ages. The more expensive wooden shoes are from willow.
This poplar is very light.
Between december and now I did not have any progress but you can see some pictures on http://www.ddaniels.com/dhwblog

Greetings from Daan Daniels in The Netherlands

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Strip: Albus wood strips *PIC*
riston -- 4/7/2010, 9:48 pm
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riston -- 4/8/2010, 4:12 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 4/8/2010, 6:15 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/11/2010, 12:51 am
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Mike -- 4/8/2010, 8:38 pm
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Paul Montgomery -- 4/9/2010, 8:24 am
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Allan -- 4/8/2010, 5:01 pm
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dhwdaniels -- 4/8/2010, 6:02 pm
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Charlie -- 4/8/2010, 9:16 pm
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dhwdaniels -- 4/9/2010, 6:25 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 4/8/2010, 8:19 pm
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Ken Brunton -- 4/8/2010, 12:28 pm
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Mike Savage -- 4/8/2010, 2:20 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 4/8/2010, 9:24 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/11/2010, 12:45 am
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Mike Bielski -- 4/8/2010, 9:26 am
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graybeard -- 4/8/2010, 1:59 pm
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Jay Babina -- 4/8/2010, 7:54 am
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Paul Montgomery -- 4/8/2010, 8:33 am
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Allan -- 4/8/2010, 2:02 am