Creative Woodworks & crafts 2005-04, страница 59

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Ash - Heartwood color is various shades of tan while sapwood is a creamy white; grain resembles oak.

Cedar (western red) - U.earlwood ranges front shades of light (an with occasional lints of pink to very dark brown. Sapwood is white to crcam color and usually only in narrow strips on the edges of the hoard.

Aspen - White, to crcam color with occasional slreaks of light tan or gray. Easy to cut and shape, a good choice for projects stained with thinned acrylic paint.

Cherry - When freshly planed the heartwood is a reddish-brown color, which darkens considerably wilh time,. Sapwood is several shades lighter than heartwood and will also darken, but to a lesser degree.

Rassvvood - Light crcam color; cuts, shapes and sands easily. The even, fine grain makes it an excellent choice for stained projects.

Blotxhvwid - A fairly hard, red colored exolic wood that retains its color well.

Cottonwood - Fairly soft, smooth grained, white to cream-colored; wood cuts and shapes easily; takes paint well.

Cypress - An easy lo cut and shape lan colored wood.

Butternut - I leartwood is a nice tan color. It cuts and shapes easily; one of my favorites.

F.bony - Probably the hardest and cosiliest exotic wood you'll find. I use. ebony primarily for the pupils of animal eyes. With a set of plug cutters and a small piccc of ebony you can make a lot of eyes.

Cedar (aromatic) - Reddish colored heartwood with white sapwood. It's usually quite knotty with interesting grain. Cuts and shapes easily.

Kim - Heartwood ranges from light tan to reddish brown, while sapwood is cream color. The grain resembles ash and oak.

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