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   BG | Dec 18, 2002 07:44pm | #1

   Poplar I think....

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   user-274461 | Dec 18, 2002 08:41pm | #2

   Popular is the standard...sometimes white pine.

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   rdcharbo1 | Dec 19, 2002 09:12am | #3

   I'm currently building Lonnie Bird's Pennsylvania Secretary & using poplar as

   the secondary wood. Anyone else building this project?

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   eximreb | Dec 19, 2002 06:51pm | #4

   I am, & I am not sure if I'm sorry or not. Of course being half blind & deaf does not help. It some time seems as though the specs & drawing don't add up. Thank goodnes walnut is cheap here. Lots of luck to all.

   Bohiemian

    

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   AlanTurner | Dec 19, 2002 08:53pm | #5

   The sideboard I am just finishing (see the Gallery)

   http://forums.taunton.com/tp-knots/messages?msg=8995.1was inspired by the Bird piece.  The secondary wood I chose was hard maple.  Cherry is the primary wood.  I wanted to build the Secretary, but my wife said we had no need of it, but did need a dining room piece.  All of the construction details are very similar to the Bird piece.  Changed the feet out for something my wife found a picture of in an antiques magazine (ball and bracket).  I thought it was a great article.  Good excuse to buy a vacuum press, which I will use for many things. 

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   kennedy136 | Dec 20, 2002 05:51am | #6

   Bill,

              For a Pennsyvania piece you can use pine or poplar to maintain authenticity,  If you are building a southern piece then you can also add yellow pine to the mix,  For the far south such as Charleston S.C. ,all of the above were used(yes white pine was imported to the south,not much poplar though) and also cypress was used widely.  If you ever get a chance to go to Charleston go down thru the antique stores there.  These are REAL antique stores with some very expensive pieces and they will let you pull open drawers etc.   It is a real treat for an afficianodo of 18th century furniture. 

                                                                 Mark