poplar

Poplar is made of wood, right?

Er...anyway, I am making a raised feeder out of poplar for both of my dogs. (They each get their own because one is still a puppy. :BangHead: ) There I was dadoing my way through the board when the thinkable (if I HAD been thinking) happened. Chip-out. POOP! :crybaby2: :BangHead: :BangHead...
- Sharp Blade
- Thread
- Feb 14, 2006
- made poplar wood
- Replies: 13
- Forum: General Woodworking
Green Poplar Trick

Hey everyone, I’m putting together an entrainment center for my father-in-law and he wanted something that was inexpensive but looked good. Well I knew that I could stain poplar to resemble cherry so I went with that. When the wood was delivered it had a lot of green hue in some of the boards...
- michaelgarner
- Thread
- Feb 1, 2006
- green poplar trick
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Finishing
G
finishing poplar

Any thoughts on how to give poplar a hard, dent resistant finish finish. I realize that poplar is a fairly soft wood, but I have a project in mind that would utilize some old pieces that I have.
- gsdoby
- Thread
- Jan 12, 2006
- finishing poplar
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Finishing