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scrollerman · 01-08-2007, 09:55 PM

has anyone used hickory? it looks nice but i was wondering how hard it was, where i could buy some, does it sand well, and is it expensive. thanks!

Steviegwood · 01-08-2007, 11:33 PM

Hi Scrollerman, I use hickory quite often. I have 5/8" and it is a very hard wood and I use a #9RG olson PGT blade when cutting this wood. I would look into local saw mills or wood suppliers and I am sure that you can order it in different thickness. I just happened to get my wood from work. I am attaching a couple of pictures of pieces that are from hickory the saw blade is hickory the handle is oak and it wasn't bad to cut. Now the sconce set was a bear. Steve

scrollerman · 01-09-2007, 01:14 AM

thanks for your help, i appreciate it!

Dragon · 01-09-2007, 03:31 AM

I love that saw Steve. The dragon is right up my alley.
Diane

BobD · 01-09-2007, 12:43 PM

I wrote a wood review on Hickory in the spring issue. I found it hard as a rock!!! I cut a puzzle from 1" and it took 6 #7 PGT blades to cut it! The grain and figure were beautiful, though!

Bob Duncan
Technical Editor

Minnesota scroller · 01-09-2007, 01:28 PM

Here is a supplier. I have never dealt with them but have it saved as a "favorite" just in case I need something they have. http://www.curiouswoods.com/

utbva · 01-09-2007, 01:51 PM

I picked up a 4x4x18" piece of hickory from the scrap bin of the local hardwood supplier but I haven't had the courage to try making anything from it yet. I guess I'll have to give it a try.

Gill · 01-09-2007, 03:18 PM

Hickory is the preferred wood of a lot of English morris dancers for their stick dances because it is so tough. I once played the music for a team from Nottingham University who tried dancing with mattock handles made of hickory for this very reason. Inevitably, they danced with the gusto of students and managed to break even these sticks. Unfortunately, when their sticks broke, the grain split down the center with explosive force and dislocated a number of the dancers' shoulders. It was a good thing that half of them were medical students!

Not that this has anything to do with scrolling, of course...

Gill

Minnesota scroller · 01-09-2007, 06:17 PM

Here is another source. http://www.memphishardwoodlumber.com...hardwoods.html

workin for wood · 01-09-2007, 07:44 PM

depending where you live, hickory is not any more expensive than oak. Hickory is the hardest <domestic> lumber in the USA. Apple is a very close second place winner. There are harder woods in this country, but they are not domestic woods. Domestic referring to wood that is commercially cut in mass production.

01-08-2007, 09:55 PM	#1
scrollerman Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22	another question.. has anyone used hickory? it looks nice but i was wondering how hard it was, where i could buy some, does it sand well, and is it expensive. thanks!

01-09-2007, 03:31 AM	#4
Dragon scroller and moderator Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chertsey, Quebec, Canada Posts: 2,529	I love that saw Steve. The dragon is right up my alley. Diane __________________ Dragon Owner of a Dewalt 788 PuffityDragon on AFSP

01-09-2007, 12:43 PM	#5
BobD Technical Editor Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lebanon, Pa Posts: 3,158 Blog Entries: 2	I wrote a wood review on Hickory in the spring issue. I found it hard as a rock!!! I cut a puzzle from 1" and it took 6 #7 PGT blades to cut it! The grain and figure were beautiful, though! Bob Duncan Technical Editor __________________ www.WoodCarvingIllustrated.com www.FoxChapelPublishing.com www.ScrollSawer.com Shopsmith, Hawk G4

01-09-2007, 01:28 PM	#6
Minnesota scroller Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: SW MN Posts: 1,698	Here is a supplier. I have never dealt with them but have it saved as a "favorite" just in case I need something they have. http://www.curiouswoods.com/ __________________ Mike Making sawdust with a Dremel 1680. www.picturetrail.com/naturephotos

01-09-2007, 03:18 PM	#8
Gill Fallen Angel Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,604	Hickory is the preferred wood of a lot of English morris dancers for their stick dances because it is so tough. I once played the music for a team from Nottingham University who tried dancing with mattock handles made of hickory for this very reason. Inevitably, they danced with the gusto of students and managed to break even these sticks. Unfortunately, when their sticks broke, the grain split down the center with explosive force and dislocated a number of the dancers' shoulders. It was a good thing that half of them were medical students! Not that this has anything to do with scrolling, of course... Gill __________________ There is no opinion, however absurd, which men will not readily embrace as soon as they can be brought to the conviction that it is readily adopted. (Schopenhauer, Die Kunst Recht zu Behalten)

01-09-2007, 01:14 AM	#3
scrollerman Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22	thanks for your help, i appreciate it!

01-09-2007, 01:51 PM	#7
utbva Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Centerville, Utah Posts: 832	I picked up a 4x4x18" piece of hickory from the scrap bin of the local hardwood supplier but I haven't had the courage to try making anything from it yet. I guess I'll have to give it a try. __________________ Bill I have an RBI Hawk 220-3 VS

01-09-2007, 06:17 PM	#9
Minnesota scroller Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: SW MN Posts: 1,698	Here is another source. http://www.memphishardwoodlumber.com...hardwoods.html __________________ Mike Making sawdust with a Dremel 1680. www.picturetrail.com/naturephotos

01-09-2007, 07:44 PM	#10
workin for wood Master Scroller Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Eaton Rapids Michigan Posts: 2,447	depending where you live, hickory is not any more expensive than oak. Hickory is the hardest <domestic> lumber in the USA. Apple is a very close second place winner. There are harder woods in this country, but they are not domestic woods. Domestic referring to wood that is commercially cut in mass production. __________________ Jeff Powell

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