differant timber for stocks

[midge28 6]

has anybody seen or heard of a stock that is made from tulip , i have a very large piece and am going to experiment , guy at timber yard who supplied me with this reckons very good for carving and he reckons he has seen a stock made from this , very differant looking wood, also picked up a piece of lovely american maple. whats peoples opinion on this tulip do you think it would make a good looking stock , a couple a pics here .

[Shooter08 0]

Nice Bit Of Wood That Is,

Should Make a Good Stock, Will Look Good Because It Has Quite a Good Grain Pattern Lol

[aaronpigeonplucker 32]

i know maple, beech and walnut work well. sorry but know nothing of tulip!

[newnews 0]

has anybody seen or heard of a stock that is made from tulip , i have a very large piece and am going to experiment , guy at timber yard who supplied me with this reckons very good for carving and he reckons he has seen a stock made from this , very differant looking wood, also picked up a piece of lovely american maple. whats peoples opinion on this tulip do you think it would make a good looking stock , a couple a pics here .

hi tulip is ok . i work with it a bit as im a joiner. nice wood to work with not to sure id use it for that inless you stain it as it is a bit green. still worth ago would be diffrent. maple would be good

[newnews 0]

has anybody seen or heard of a stock that is made from tulip , i have a very large piece and am going to experiment , guy at timber yard who supplied me with this reckons very good for carving and he reckons he has seen a stock made from this , very differant looking wood, also picked up a piece of lovely american maple. whats peoples opinion on this tulip do you think it would make a good looking stock , a couple a pics here .

hi tulip is ok . i work with it a bit as im a joiner. nice wood to work with not to sure id use it for that inless you stain it as it is a bit green. still worth ago would be diffrent. maple would be good

[00taz11 39]

theres only one way to find out

[Guest buster321c]

You can make me a crappy one out of plywood for down the farm if you like or should the be can you

[stealthy1 3,964]

Is Tulip a hardwood?

[midge28 6]

Is Tulip a hardwood?

so i believe it is a hardwood . think this would look good just oiled , would be differant anyway

[newnews 0]

Is Tulip a hardwood?

so i believe it is a hardwood . think this would look good just oiled , would be differant anyway

yeah it would look nice oiled and it is easy to work with. very diffrent specialy if you get a bit with a bit of black grain going through it try it mate

[andyfr1968 772]

I could be wrong, but I seem to remember an old gun-smith mate from way back telling me you need to be careful with Tulip 'cos if it's not been dried out and cured correctly, it's very prone to splitting.

Like I say, I may be wrong but that might be worth looking in to.

Good luck, mate!

Edited April 1, 2009 by andyfr1968

[nealey 0]

Is Tulip a hardwood?

Found this, could be of interest to you.

 

http://www.oplin.org/tree/fact%20pages/tul...tulip_tree.html

[spike25blue 55]

hi there mate yeh tulip is a hardwood and i have seen a rimmi stock made from it and it looked great

 

 

very nice wood to work with

 

same goes for the maple

 

 

atb rob

[stealthy1 3,964]

Oiled and polished would look good, the oil should stop it over drying and splitting.

[midge28 6]

chers for the info and opinions guys, gonna do the maple one first and then i,ll give the tulip a go, i know that this timber has had a long time ta dry out my mate who sought me timber out for me knows it been in undercover sheds for over 2 years from what he know, how much longer than that he doesnt know. think this tulip stock will look very differant , looking closely it has loads a differant colours. will post some pics when i get started on it , thanks again for the info and comments .