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holly or apple as core?

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mikekeswick:
As I said if you aren't bending it into an extreme shape it doesn't matter if it is kiln dried. Kiln dried wood is still air dried. The only thing against ring porous woods is the 'difficultly' of  grooving them. Again you don't need Turkish style grooves the surfaces can just be roughened with a hacksaw blade for example.
The type of wood doesn't matter as long as it conforms to the requirements of accepting glue well and isn't too dense. I think our sycamore is a little too weak/brash.
I know all too well what wood suppliers are like...that is why I mentioned one that is good IF you stress how perfect the wood needs to be.

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