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 Sun Oct 22, 2017 6:13 pm |
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Isn't Alder really soft???
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Malachai Constant
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No Alder is a hardwood, it is stained usually for furniture and is frequently more valuable than fir or hemlock.
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HermitThrush
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| Bedivere wrote: | | Isn't Alder really soft??? |
Ironically, no, even though we think of it as a shrubby, invasive, and unimpressive tree when compared to the big Doug Firs and Cedars. It is light, but considered a hardwood.
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alder = hardwood. and amazingly light, compared to that stick made of plum I posted above.
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| Bedivere wrote: | | Isn't Alder really soft??? |
I call it a soft hardwood.
It is known as "the poor man's cherry" because it can be stained to look like cherry or probably other spendier wood. Because of that, instead of being considered a weed, it is worth a bit of money now if it is straight and of the right size.
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