ChuckBarnett
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Any of you folks ever used apple wood in ukulele building? Upside? Downsides?
Thanks!
Thanks!
Any of you folks ever used apple wood in ukulele building? Upside? Downsides?
Thanks!
Pictures didn't come through.I lucked into some apple wood this summer.
Anyone talking me out of this?
- It's quartersawn (I'm processing the logs)
- Some are large enough for 1 piece tenor backs and bookmatched guitar backs (not dread size)
- It has an interesting marbled and mottled appearance, dramatic contrast between sap and heart wood, and streaks of other colors in some cases
- It is heavy and dense and difficult to dry with a lot of shrinkage
- Other common woods, at least "on paper" share similar numbers of shrinkage and t/r ratio yet are commonly used in woodworking
- Examples: White Oak, Sycamore, and Gaboon Ebony to name a few
- Wood is hard on edges and blades, very tough
- It's so wonderful you can simply paste in photos now. Bravo.
Hoping this time worked. Still don't understand why I can see and others can't.Pictures didn't come through.
Hoping this time worked. Still don't understand why I can see and others can't.
Not really understanding what you think you are seeing, but no they are not checking badly. Just a few cracks near the ends and a corner. Plenty of crack free surface to work with.It's working now. Can see the resawn plates now but they look to be checking really badly.