Subject: Lindon Wood?

From: [email-masked]## (Patrick S.)
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 23:11:02 GMT

Friend has a Lindon tree in his yard coming down.  Base girth is
~30 inches.  Asked me what good it is cut up, I said I Dunno.  Anybody
have an idea?

	He thinks it's close to bass wood, maybe nice to carvers...

			Pat

wood at smart<dot>net

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From: "Robert J. Daun" <[email-masked]>
Date: 1 Apr 1997 15:36:04 GMT

Depends on the type of Linden.  The large leaf Linden is another name for
Basswood.  Great for Carving.  There is a small leaf Linden which has
become very popular for street plantings in commercial areas of a city as
they have good resistance to the abuses of heavy traffic and will grow in
quite compacted soil.  I'm sure there are many more varieties of Linden
both in the US and other countries (especially European countries.

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From: [email-masked] (John Paquay)
Date: 1 Apr 1997 16:33:57 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]## says...
>        He thinks it's close to bass wood, maybe nice to carvers...

Linden is indeed basswood. Carvers love it, as do modelmakers.
It's extremely soft and light weight, so it isn't really much good for
anything else, IMO, though I occasionally see nice pieces turned
>from  basswood.

-- 
John Paquay
Dept. of Physics, Purdue University
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http://www.physics.purdue.edu/~jep/cshop.html
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From: Dave Hamilton <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 15:40:18 GMT

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Basswood is the soft, white, close-grained wood from the American linden
tree (genus Tillia).  Basswood is used by a lot of wood carvers.

Dave Hamilton

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From: [email-masked] (P. Rose)
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 12:41:53 -0500

>        He thinks it's close to bass wood, maybe nice to carvers...
If by Lindon, you meant Linden, then it may be what's known as "American
Linden", which is also called basswood. Basswood is considered an
excellent wood for carving, and carvers pay a pretty good price for large
blocks of this wood. You might find a local dealer who'd cut it up and
haul it away for "free" if it's a nice size tree. Someone might even pay
something for it.

Phil Rose