I'm torn between choosing hawthorn wood with a few minor cracks and mulberry or walnut wood. I know that hawthorn is significantly harder and more flexible than the other two, and I can buy it for about half the price of walnut. If anyone has experience working with hawthorn wood—especially for chair making—I would really appreciate your advice.
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Re: Hawthorn wood
Solution #2Hawthorn has often been used for teeth/cogs in wood gears (think mills and such) because of it's hardness. I don't think I'd want to use it in a chair because if it's tendency to develop cracks over time (makes for a squeaky chair). White oak, walnut, maple, cherry, mulberry are better suited to handle the stresses a chair needs to take.
Re: Hawthorn wood
#3@Mark Mandell, thanks!