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Butternut - Turner52 - 08-13-2020
I have a chance to pick up some 2x6 rough sawn butternut for a $1 a board foot. I do mostly segmented work using different species to create the pattern. Is it wrth buying or would the light wood not create eneough of a contrast to other woods? Thanks for your replies in advance.
RE: Butternut - iclark - 08-13-2020
(08-13-2020, 03:27 PM)Turner52 Wrote: I have a chance to pick up some 2x6 rough sawn butternut for a $1 a board foot. I do mostly segmented work using different species to create the pattern. Is it wrth buying or would the light wood not create eneough of a contrast to other woods? Thanks for your replies in advance.
No experience with butternut yet, but I would expect that it would be nice with a layer of dark veneer between butternut blocks.
RE: Butternut - Wildwood - 08-14-2020
Without seeing and no experience with Butternut at $1. /board foot would buy a lot! Hard to say without seeing Butternut wood and what other species of wood want to use until laying wood side by side.
https://www.wood-database.com/butternut/
RE: Butternut - greenacres2 - 08-14-2020
Closest mill to me has butternut Select & Better at $6.15/bf for 1" thick (100+ bf price). I'm with Bill--for that money i'd likely buy more than i meant to unless it's totally ratty.
earl
RE: Butternut - Woodshop - 08-14-2020
(08-13-2020, 03:27 PM)Turner52 Wrote: I have a chance to pick up some 2x6 rough sawn butternut for a $1 a board foot. I do mostly segmented work using different species to create the pattern. Is it wrth buying or would the light wood not create eneough of a contrast to other woods? Thanks for your replies in advance.
Butternut is a very soft wood .(Great for carving) mixing it with hardwoods can cause problems
RE: Butternut - Arlin Eastman - 08-14-2020
Only thing I know about the piece I had and made into a vase is that it does not take a polish well. I put a lot of shellac on it and the wood soaked it up wanting more and more and more and maybe after 10 coats I did a friction polish and it still did not polish up well.
I did not try lacquer tho.
RE: Butternut - Gary G™ - 08-18-2020
I don’t know about using Butternut for turning.
I’ve used it with Black Walnut in a table—I called it ‘mixed nuts’. Butternut for the aprons.
Can I get some of that?!?
RE: Butternut - Turner52 - 08-19-2020
It's located about 35miles north of Green Bay. If that works for you I will try to find the info for you. I deided to pass after seeing the advice here.
RE: Butternut - crokett™ - 08-19-2020
(08-14-2020, 08:18 AM)Woodshop Wrote: Butternut is a very soft wood .(Great for carving) mixing it with hardwoods can cause problems
Years ago I was buying some wood from a local guy here. He threw in a couple logs of what he said was butternut. He said he wasn't going to do anything with it. I remember it as being a creamy white. very soft. Easy to turn but not ideal for turning. What I had had fairly large pores, like Red Oak, so it needs a sharp tool and then sealed before finishing.