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Leg Vise Chop material? - cputnam - 12-17-2019
I'll aim for hard maple but am wondering if curly soft maple would make a decent chop - or would it have stability issues? Certainly would look awesome.
RE: Leg Vise Chop material? - DaveR1 - 12-17-2019
If you've got some soft maple around that is the right size, use it. It'll work fine.
RE: Leg Vise Chop material? - mstens - 12-17-2019
(12-17-2019, 06:56 PM)DaveR1 Wrote: If you've got some soft maple around that is the right size, use it. It'll work fine.
Yep, soft maple isn't exactly.. soft.
RE: Leg Vise Chop material? - mound - 12-19-2019
(12-17-2019, 07:09 PM)mstens Wrote: Yep, soft maple isn't exactly.. soft.
That's the truth.. My bench TOP is soft maple.. Definitely don't need it any harder than it is.
RE: Leg Vise Chop material? - Halfathumb - 12-19-2019
(12-17-2019, 04:31 PM)cputnam Wrote: I'll aim for hard maple but am wondering if curly soft maple would make a decent chop - or would it have stability issues? Certainly would look awesome.I re-did my kitchen in hard maple. After I started I was sorry I did because it was a bear to stain, etc. Stay with the SM
RE: Leg Vise Chop material? - cpolubin - 12-19-2019
I did my chop in curly maple and it's been fine so far, about 4 years. Did the deadman as well for balance.
Cliff