This week's scrounge

[Snigg]

Not to many scrounge opportunities lately, so when I saw this craigslist ad I had to jump on it. I was told it's basswood.

 

[byQ]

At least it's not crap-pie wood.

 

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

I'm not sure what bass wood looks like, I hear its kinda like poplar, good for shoulder season......
But it looks like really good wood from here....

 

[firefighterjake]

Free wood is good wood ... but as mentioned bass wood is best used in the shoulder seasons or as kindling.

 

[Free BTUs]

Basswood is often used by carvers because it has fine grain and is easy to carve. My father used to do a lot of carving (won awards at world shows). A block of bass the size of some of those logs would go like $40 each. You might want to sell it as carving blocks and then use the money to buy better firewood.

http://www.woodcraft.com/family/2000671/basswood.aspx

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Burn it; just do not depend upon it for long burns.

 

[Paulywalnut]

Unless you can carve duck decoys, split it and get it seasoned.

 

[BrotherBart]

And if you do, talk to me. I have over a hundred hand carved decoys.

 

[Free BTUs]

Just in case you wanted to see what can be done with a block of basswood...one of my father's carvings, a Northern Flicker.

Crappy pix from my phone. The detail in person looks much better.

 

[Paulywalnut]

Beautiful carving. One of my favorite woodpeckers.