Heirloom Woods
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Heirloom Woods
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Cradle materials Woods
come in two basic flavors">
Heirloom
Woods Cradle
materials Woods
come in two basic flavors, Hard and Soft. One would assume that this means that
one type is harder and stronger then the other. Not so, the names
refer more to the type of tree the wood came from. Evergreens, pine, fir, etc.
are considered soft woods., Leaf bearing trees are considered hard woods.
An example you all may be familiar with is Balsa wood. One of the weakest and
most pliable woods you can find, it is, since it comes from a leaf bearing
tree, classified as a hard wood. Pine, the
traditional material of colonial cradle makers, is still not a bad choice for
today's cradles.
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