Posted by Richard Hare on February 20, 2012 at 18:53:51 from (199.243.31.19):
Hi guys, me again.
Got to the bit where I need to make rollers for my McCormick-Deering binder. I tried turning one out of good dry larch,(Tamarak) and it is tough, one from a spruce fence-post, and it had some cracks in it, so it was a kind of experiment, and today, I tried turning one from a dry dead old aspen poplar! The poplar turned very nicely, but here"s my Q; Is poplar OK for this sort of thing?? It sure made a nice looking roller, but looks ain"t everything! Only 2 of the original 7 are any good, so any help re. what wood to use would be great.
Should add that here in the west we"re awful short of hard-wood....
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