Roasted Birchwood??

[richard poitras]

Roasted Birch? Has anyone ever worked with any of this new wood we had a speaker come into our wood workers gild (Midland Woodworker’s Association)and talk about different kinds of wood and products (more of a sales presentation for his company products) and I was just wondering how well it was to work with and if it had any draw backs and such… in looking at the wood it looked really impressive and really rich in color but before I tried some I thought I’d ask if anybody had a chance to use it? And what your thoughts were. The sales guy didn’t have a lot of knowledge about it as it was new to his company as well .. One thing is it is cheap enough and looks great … here are two sites to look at product about the wood if you are not familiar with it …
http://www.alibaba.com/catalog/11445931/Roasted_Hardwood_Flooring_Made_By_Roasted_Hardwood .html (http://www.alibaba.com/catalog/11445931/Roasted_Hardwood_Flooring_Made_By_Roasted_Hardwood .html)

http://www.curiouswoods.com/wood--Roasted-Hardwood-Mix-of-Soft-Maple-Yellow-Birch--RH.html (http://www.curiouswoods.com/wood--Roasted-Hardwood-Mix-of-Soft-Maple-Yellow-Birch--RH.html)

[richard poitras]

Wow... I thought some one would know something about this wood????

[Jim Becker]

Never heard of it until you posted, Richard...

[Eric Sabo]

Never heard of it until the Curious Woods (local store, Curtis Lumber). I can take a look at it next time I'm down there - maybe I'll grab a few BF and see how it works.

[richard poitras]

Eric, let me know if you get some and what you think .I am not sure when I might get to the store that sells it in my area do to the holidays and were the location of the store is. But if I do I will post my findings...