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- Basswood ? Limewood? differece - Woodcarving Illustrated
limewood is a loose term, the lime tree is genus, namely tilia, and has several species, for example, bass wood = tilia americana,,,, there are at least two european species of lime wood trees, namely "sommer linde"=summer limewood with broad leaves and "winter linde"=winter lime wood with small leaves the first is tilia platyphylos, the
- Limewood vs. Basswood - Woodcarving Illustrated
Re: Limewood vs Basswood Basswood and European or English Lime are one in the same (ok, there is some color differences) It's also called American Linden
- Basswood vs. Lindenwood - Woodcarving Illustrated
The two tree species are from the same family of Tilia and would be cousins, the growing conditions for my local basswood and say German linden or limewood are nearly identical and if you took one of each basswood and lindenwood farm grown just for carving as close to as possible the same
- Where can I get lime wood? - Woodcarving Illustrated
Re: Where can I get lime wood? Thanks guys I'm pretty sure that limewood and basswood are slightly different being from two different spiecies of Linden trees that are very closely related I prefer carving basswood but I think the limewood looks better when finished as it has a richer color and a slightly more pronounced grain
- BassWood LimeWood - Woodcarving Illustrated
Re: BassWood LimeWood A good many of us buy our basswood from Heinecke Wood Products in Wisconsin (715-822-3524) It's the best northern basswood you can buy anywhere, and they are really nice people to deal with
- Staining darkening lime sculpture question - Woodcarving Illustrated
In addison to Arthurs suggeston You may want to test the posses on some of you scrap limewood from that project if you have some Lime or basswood can very alot on how it takes stain
- Basswood in the uk - Woodcarving Illustrated
Re: Basswood in the uk I already tackled the question whether limewood and basswood are the same (or almost) wood I tried once a small piece of basswood and I can say that there is a "palpable" difference Another good wood (and available in Europe) is Pinus Cembra In my opinion it is better than limewood, but not as good as basswood Having said that, I contact some US firms and asked
- Its linden not basswood. - Woodcarving Illustrated
Found a very interesting discussion on the internet about Beavercraft wood blocks selling as basswood in a debate about its not basswood Beavercraft wood comes from Ukraine which has lime or linden trees If you want to try out linden looks like a good deal? It is noted often environment plays a major role in woods of the
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