Good morning folks,
Do any of you have experience carving inland redwood (Sequoiadendron
giganteum)? I've stumbled into some freshly cut rounds recently and am
trying to carve some bowls from the wet wood, but it seems to crack easily
as I do so. I've lost a few hours on segments that seem to be solid until
worked. I'm surprised the wood as so little structural integrity, given the
size these trees can reach.
Is it a mistake to work it green, or assume I can get something from
branches of young (<30 yo) trees?

Thanks for your input

cur, in Oregon

Living in the west coast, with a few Sequoias in the yard, I have never
seen it used for anything.

We have lots of carved redwood, signs etc, often from fallen trees, but not
one ever claims to use a Sequoia.

Kirk from the Droid

I have worked with redwood once before even though I live on the east coast.

 The story is here:
https://hiscarpentryblog.wordpress.com/2016/05/07/fun-work/

Here is another link for the scientific statistics.
https://www.wood-database.com/redwood/

To me it seemed incredibly soft, I looked at it wrong and had to plane out
the damage.



On Saturday, May 26, 2018, curt seeliger  wrote:

> Good morning folks,
> Do any of you have experience carving inland redwood (Sequoiadendron
> giganteum)? I've stumbled into some freshly cut rounds recently and am
> trying to carve some bowls from the wet wood, but it seems to crack easily
> as I do so. I've lost a few hours on segments that seem to be solid until
> worked. I'm surprised the wood as so little structural integrity, given the
> size these trees can reach.
> Is it a mistake to work it green, or assume I can get something from
> branches of young (<30 yo) trees?
>
> Thanks for your input
>
> cur, in Oregon
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