I am likely going to get some of it (I have a 24" tree that this guy wants to cut, saw, and share the lumber with me), and I don't have any good ideas for how to use it. What kinds of things have people done with it?
Here's something I made with QS sycamore a couple years ago:
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wouldn't mind getting some of that wood, if you have any to spare. Are you anywhere near Indianapolis?
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Here's something I made for my son's birthday three years ago:
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I haven't KF-ed you, Dave, and I don't think I ever said that I had.
Depends on who you ask. The recovery-room nurse said to be as inactive as possible, but the surgeon said that whatever didn't hurt was OK. Typing doesn't hurt. The pain medicine makes me a bit drowsy, so I think that going into the shop would probably hurt a *lot* more in the long run...
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That would expose a lot of end grain, though, and sycamore end grain does a pretty good imitation of a sponge -- it takes a *lot* of finish to seal it.
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I thought it was commonly used for breadboards, because it is resistant to warping, and in other places where maple was used. I don't think it is as hard as maple though.
In fact, it isn't even *close* to as hard as maple. Even "soft" maple is a fair amount harder than sycamore. It sure looks nice, though.
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Sycamore is very warp prone, especially if flatsawn. In fact, the sawyer I use won't bother putting any sycamore in the kiln that isn't quartersawn since it's pretty much guaranteed to turn into a pretzel.
Flatsawn, it warps in nineteen directions. Quartersawn, it's stable.
But it can't be stained to fake walnut, at least not to anyone who knows what walnut looks like. Flatsawn or quartered, the grain of sycamore does not even remotely resemble that of walnut.
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