{"id":31,"date":"2007-10-09T12:47:52","date_gmt":"2007-10-09T16:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.woodworkersguide.com\/2007\/10\/09\/halifax-specialty-hardwoods-tour\/"},"modified":"2016-02-24T11:48:02","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T11:48:02","slug":"halifax-specialty-hardwoods-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/halifax-specialty-hardwoods-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Halifax Specialty Hardwoods Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"
The shop was opened in early 2006 and has since then has grown from a stock of 16 species to over 40 plus a large supply of plywoods including Baltic birch. They specialize in crown moulding, baseboards, wall trim and mantle mouldings and also stock burls, pen blanks, and preturned bowl blanks.<\/p>\n
During the tour of the retail area we were introduced to ‘Walnut Birch’, a roasted hardwood. This wood is made by taking yellow birch and heating it to very high temperatures in a vacuum condition. Then it is re-humidified. This creates a uniformly dark brown colored product, similar to that of Black Walnut, but the price is less expensive.<\/p>\n
From there we went ‘out into the shop’ and Darrell demonstrated how he creates molding. From the planing to the shaper the process was very slick, yielding a quality, professional product. Oh, to have these tools!<\/p>\n
The evening finished up with coffee and snacks, topping off a great evening. A hearty thanks to Darrell and Cheryl for allowing us to visit!<\/p>\n