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backcast · 03-04-2005, 06:31 PM

While I have never turned a holly plug, I have turned it on the lathe. The wood is white, there is almost no grain, and turns as well as any wood I have turned. It is expensive to buy, but if you are lucky enough come across a tree that is being cut for some other reason, get it if you can.

I would say it has about the same density as poplar, maybe a little heavier. Should be easy enough to look up.

03-04-2005, 06:31 PM	#2
backcast Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Norfolk, MA Posts: 42	While I have never turned a holly plug, I have turned it on the lathe. The wood is white, there is almost no grain, and turns as well as any wood I have turned. It is expensive to buy, but if you are lucky enough come across a tree that is being cut for some other reason, get it if you can. I would say it has about the same density as poplar, maybe a little heavier. Should be easy enough to look up.