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George Tsoukalas:
Poplar is pretty strong in soine. You may want to try 3/8 ". Poplar hand planes fairly well. See Pine Shaft Hints on my site. Jawge
http://georgeandjoni.home.comcast.net/~georgeandjoni/

George Tsoukalas:
That should say that poplar is pretty string in spine.

Hillbilly:
 
--- Quote ---HillBilly, is Poplar, and Aspen the same tree?  When I was in Wisconsin, on my Aunt, and Uncles' Dairy, Farm, they called them poplar.  But in the west they call them Aspens.  Thanks,
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Depends on what part of the country you're in. :) Aspens are true poplars, in the willow family. What we call poplar in the Southeastern US is tulip poplar (tulip tree, yellow poplar.) It's not a true poplar, it's in the magnolia family. It's one of the most important commercial lumber trees, so I'd say that most of the "poplar" lumber on the market is tulip poplar. It's probably stronger wood than true poplar.

boo:
a buddy and i made hundreds of poplar arrows a few years ago. we made a jig using a router to turn 1/2'' square stock we ripped up from store bought lumber into 3/8 dowels.then we chucked them in the drill and sanded them to 23/64 . they made great arrows that i would compare to cedar. we also made some ash shafts that where nice and heavy.  boo

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