In article . com, wrote:
Caveat: I'm not sure if it was sycamore they were talking about, but
if it was:

I saw an episode of TOH and Norm was talking to a cabinet maker in
England. They were using the European species of this wood. Norm said
the American species is too soft and isn't stable enough.

American sycamore is indeed plenty soft... but, quartersawn, it's perfectly
stable.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.