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pine or spruce for strips?

By:Jan Gunnar Moe
Date: 7/5/1999, 6:37 am

Seems like only wood available locally without exlosive costs is pine and spruce. (Where I live most houses are built using pine or spruce...)

Will pine and spruce bend in a nice manner if used for strips in kayak (or kayak deck with ply hull)?

Other drawbacks if compared with cedar or redwoood?

Jan Gunnar

pine or spruce for strips?
Jan Gunnar Moe -- 7/5/1999, 6:37 am

Re: pine or spruce for strips?
Lennart Berlin -- 7/7/1999, 6:37 am

Re: pine or spruce for strips?
Jan Gunnar Moe -- 7/7/1999, 8:04 am

Re: pine or spruce for strips?
Nick Schade -- 7/5/1999, 9:15 am

Spruce for strips, nice cost
Jan Gunnar Moe -- 7/5/1999, 9:50 am

Re: Spruce for strips, nice cost
Hans Friedel -- 7/5/1999, 5:16 pm

Re: Spruce for strips, nice cost
Jay Babina -- 7/6/1999, 9:29 am

Grain vs weigth
Jan Gunnar Moe -- 7/6/1999, 10:41 am

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