Featherboards: any wood ok?

[Bay Area Dave]

Is there a particular wood that's best suited for feather boards? I've got poplar, oak, and a bit of maple in my shop. TIA

dave

[Swingman]

IME, just about any domestic hardwood will do. I've used scrap oak for a number of them and never had a problem. If you're just clamping them to a work surface, you can knock'em out on the bandsaw in a few minutes time.

[goonair]

You idiot. Got to the lumber yard and ask for Featherwood.

[goonair]

the more I think about it, the more I realize, your question is probably the dumbest I have ever read. LOL.

[Bay Area Dave]

that earned you a plonk my fearless friend! P-L-O-N-K!

DAVE

go> You idiot. Got to the lumber yard and ask for Featherwood.

[Bay Area Dave]

that's what I suspected, but thought I'd ask. I was planing on doing one on the BS (to help justify the $750 I spent on it).

dave

Sw>>got poplar, oak, and a bit of maple in my shop. TIA

[goongoneplonk]

I cant say that I am your friend, there's more involved with that, BUT, you are one funny son of a gun, and I am still laughing at the absurdity of your post...actually most of your posts! You are a legend! I'm glad you are so uh, different, than most. You made my day.

[George E. Cawthon]

What's wrong with soft pine? That's what I use but most of what I work with is conifer. Is strength a consideration or just bendability?

[Preston Andreas]

Not a stupid question as some have posted. Any wood will do, however, you want wood with the straightest grain, otherwise, the "feathers" will break or not bend the same. Quartersawn, obviously, will give the best featherboard.

BTW - wish you guys would get into the spirit of the newsgroup.

Preston

[Jules]

[Andy Dingley]

Sits at home all day now, talking to his bandsaur.

[goonair]

Even contest grade Balsa Wood? maybe............maybe............ :) I'm sorry, BAD, but gee, it really is funny. I would add to back up Preston's advice, to cut the fingers so the grain is parallel to the fingers, as possible. If thats the way too say it.

[Bay Area Dave]

Thanks, Preston, your answer is precisely the reason why I asked this seemingly "dumb" question. I figured that as with everything else, there's a "right way" and there's also the "right stuff" for the job. I think I've got one piece of qs oak left.

dave

Prest> Not a stupid question as some have posted. Any wood will do, however, you

[FOW]

[Tim Douglass]

I just grab a piece of any scrap and have at it. Made a couple recently (ok, 2 years ago) out of some used pine shelving that work great and didn't cost me anything.

I guess essentially straight grain and no knots should go without saying, but I'll say it anyway.

Tim Douglass