Goweresque
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Well chaps. Good news to some of your ears. Poplar isn't useless. Yes it's cheap but it's used in the restoration business. It makes excellent replacements on things like drawer runners on chest of drawers as it rarely has large knots in it, the grain doesn't have too much variation in density and although it's harder than Pine it's still softer than using hardwood, they also used poplar black poplar/ for brake blocks/bands on traction engines, Iv used it a few times for that with good results. Just some useful information for you there.
Ah, good to see a new market for farm timber. I hear those steam contraptions are going to be everywhere soon.