Matthew Hills
03-06-2009, 8:24 PM
The next item on my honeydo list is an entry bench for storing shoes. Wanted to sound out the idea of using alder.
Around here, it is probably the cheapest hardwood, seemed to work okay, and doesn't have the tone problems that poplar does. Still a bit soft, so prone to dings.
We'll probably be dying it to get the dark color that my wife wants. Would be nice to use mahogany, which has been pretty amazing for the small pieces I've worked with. But think that would get pretty expensive if I screwed anything up.
Any other thoughts on suitable woods? (Poplar seems to be more work for the color and just as soft and no cheaper; maple seems to have more issues with coloring and tends to be about 2x the cost here; birch?....)
Matt
Around here, it is probably the cheapest hardwood, seemed to work okay, and doesn't have the tone problems that poplar does. Still a bit soft, so prone to dings.
We'll probably be dying it to get the dark color that my wife wants. Would be nice to use mahogany, which has been pretty amazing for the small pieces I've worked with. But think that would get pretty expensive if I screwed anything up.
Any other thoughts on suitable woods? (Poplar seems to be more work for the color and just as soft and no cheaper; maple seems to have more issues with coloring and tends to be about 2x the cost here; birch?....)
Matt