Re: Birch Dining Table - Dinec of Canada
There are thousands of brands of furniture, and no way anyone can know them all. With a set of detailed photos that show construction, its pretty easy to determine how well made it would be but you have to post the photos (and include bottom of the table, inside leg joinery, table open detail, etc.
Birch makes a very nice furniture wood and takes stain nicely, but a lot of cabinentmakers won't work with it in wide board construction because its very unstable during the build process. The more figure or fire in the wood, the more unstable it becomes. Its not unusual for a cabinetmaker to make a table top in figured Birch, go home at the end of the day, and come back the next morning to discover the whole top twisted during the night and is no longer viable, just good for firewood. Once a piece is completed and finished, then the chance of 'blowing up' as its called is reduced considerably.
Duane Collie
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