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Interior Wood Carving Panels - common/SYP/cedar

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BambooYou posted on 03/30/2023

I would like to carve some wood panels for my tiki bar and have a few questions. 1” think common white pine is readily available but has any used 2” southern yellow pine? Is cedar even an option? I will probably use a combination of hand carving & router - also plan to burn/stain/paint some sections.

Interested in SYP since it’s thicker and allows for a deeper carve but maybe 1” common would be fine.

Any suggestions/recommendations?

may cross post this in the tiki bar page on FB as well so you may see this twice…

[ Edited by BambooYou on 2023-03-30 10:18:07 ]

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hang10tiki posted on 03/30/2023

I’d grab a small piece of all your options and try them. That way you will find what wood you like working with and what carves the best for what you are making.

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BambooYou posted on 03/31/2023

Thank you for the response.

I plan to experiment but it will require a bit of effort to secure some cedar. Do you think there is a noticeable visual difference between cedar & pine for an interior tiki bar?

[ Edited by BambooYou on 2023-03-31 06:57:01 ]

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Will carve posted on 03/31/2023

What are you carving> A tiki or trim pieces, like molding?

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BambooYou posted on 03/31/2023

Hey Will!

IDK if you recall but we stopped by your house last March to admire your work. Bought a few things from you. Carving trim.

-jeff

[ Edited by BambooYou on 2023-03-31 07:25:45 ]

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Will carve posted on 03/31/2023

Ya man I do remember. If you're just doing trim, pine is soft , cheep & EZ to work with. You're most likely using a router. You can stain it or paint it to look like anything you want. Keep it simple, ya know,

the KISS method

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hang10tiki posted on 04/01/2023

What he said

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