Sassafras Behavior
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The wood carves like mahogany but is less dense. It machines well, does not splinter or tear. The open grain does not create any problems. It holds screws as well as biscuits etc without any problems. As for my experience it stains well accepting just about any color without splotching. It is also the only true brown colored wood without yellow or red tones. I love it for carving.
Who would I contact for the 8/4?
Stave
Who would I contact for the 8/4?
Stave
Yes, it's fairly soft with a Janka Hardness of 630 lbs. so it's about like Douglas Fir.http://workshoppages.com/WS/Misc/Wood-Hardness-Chart.pdf
http://www.hearnehardwoods.com/hard...tic_wood/sassafras_lumber/sassafras_wood.html
I built and carved a complete bed using sassafrass. Used titebond and finished with lacquer...came out beautifully and was fantastic to work with. It has aged to a deep rich brown. Wonderful wood and I wish I could find and avoid more 8/4 stock.
Stave
Beautiful carving Mark. I love your work.
Another +1 nice job.I have carved and used sassafras for model boats.Some fine working wood.Beautiful with almost any finish.
Tony
Very nice looking bed!
I've mad lots of sassafras tea but never had a tree large enough for any wood working, except some small turnings. Made some walking sticks which turned out well but were a bit "soft" for my liking.
Jeff thanks for posting the links to those pages. After my last laptop died suddenly, I've lost so many links I've forgotten existed.
I've mad lots of sassafras tea but never had a tree large enough for any wood working, except some small turnings. Made some walking sticks which turned out well but were a bit "soft" for my liking.
Jeff thanks for posting the links to those pages. After my last laptop died suddenly, I've lost so many links I've forgotten existed.
That is a cool bed - do you recall how many hours you got in it? I bet is a lot.
Did not mean to hijack the thread. Thanks for the comments. The bed took 3 weeks to make working night and day...literally. The bed and myself was featured on the HGTV show Modern Masters. When they called to invite me to be featured I was doing a religious sculpture which they would not put on the show, so I told them I had a client that wanted a ocean theme bed that I would have ready in time for the show. What I failed to tell them was the client was my wife and I would have to work around the clock in shifts to get it done. I worked 8 hours would sleep 6 hours and then start over. Over the period of three weeks I ended up working some totally bizarre hours. Out all the exposure and almost a 1000 emails ( the show ran twice) I ended up getting 2 commissions. It was a great experience though and I have a video of the show for my grandchildren to remember me by.
Stave
Stave
I built and carved a complete bed using sassafrass. Used titebond and finished with lacquer...came out beautifully and was fantastic to work with. It has aged to a deep rich brown. Wonderful wood and I wish I could find and avoid more 8/4 stock.
Stave
Good first try. Stick with it. You'll get it.
(I kid. Amazing! My daughter was captivated by the photo.)
That's an incredible bed!
I couldn't do that in three years if someone was offering me a gazillion dollars!
I had a feeling there were hours and hours in that bed.
Quarter sawn sassafras is the secret to exceptional turkey calls. Small box and scratch calls that a friend makes out of sassy and walnut have one several competitions. I used 3/4" t&g sassy to panel my sons room 20+ yrs ago. Built several small tables and chests & trunks out of it. One of my favorite woods to work with, especially rift sawn.
The smell is also pleasant.
The smell is also pleasant.
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