> Following the advice of several downloaded instructions for greenland
> paddle making, I have been trying to find some quarter-sawn fir or cedar.
> I have had a difficult time locating quarter sawn anything, except for
> some wildly expensive cherry. I have found some yellow pine 4X4's that
> could be cut into 2X4s in a quarter-sawn orientation. Would yellow pine be
> a disaster for a paddle material? How important is it too get quarter
> sawn? I am in Georgia BTW which may account for the abundance of yellow
> pine at Home Depot and elsewhere. I seem to recall more Douglass fir when
> I was up in Connecticutt.

> -Dave-

Hi Dave,

Have you looked through the stack of lumber? I have 2 1x4's I just finished glueing up with epoxy (Douglass fir from Home Depot). When I looked, one was quarter-sawn and the other wasn't. I didn't know they needed to be quarter-sawn. Let's hope it still works!

My problem was finding 2x4's made out of anything but pine so I decided to make my own 8^)

If this works out I may make another one out of cedar if I can find it. The fir is rather blah looking.

Woody