uses for quartersawn sycamore

Here's something I made with QS sycamore a couple years ago:

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Here's something I made for my son's birthday three years ago:

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are you supposed to be typing so soon?

dave

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dave

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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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His email is out of Buffalo NY. do you consider that close?

Depends on who's doing the driving. :-)

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I like it as an accent wood. The last time I used it was when I was looking for some contrast on a flytying workstation I made:

Chuck Vance

Might make a neat bowl. Cheers. Joe

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.

Regards, Allen

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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My experience with Sycamore is that it does warp. It is used to fake Walnut with stain. I like it for accent in segment turnings.

Walt Conner

. >>What kinds of things have people done with it?

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.

Some things I've done in sycamore:

Blanket chest:

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that's some nice looking wood and work.

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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