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say the magic word and the duck gives you . . .
By:Paul G. Jacobson
Date: 10/26/2001, 5:00 pm
In Response To: Re: cedar boards (steve hartmann)

: ok. now i know it's time to leave new york. i paid about $5 a board foot for
: clear WRC.

Today's magic word is "CLEAR". Say that when you walk into a lumberyard and you'll get all kinds of respect. :) They know you have money to burn.

$5 a board foot is not an awful price for CLEAR western red cedar. If I was building boats for museums or as coffee tables I'd probably try to get some, but for my purposes, lower grades of wood are perfectly fine, and far less expensive. Cedar for fences and decks is not clear, but when you rip it into strips the orientation of the knots in your strips is turned 90 degrees from what you see on your original boards. Sometimes this can make a big improvement, and sometimes it makes things worse. Trash the worst strips and save money with the best.

PGJ

Messages In This Thread

Sources for WRC or Redwood (Iowa, Minnesota)
Richard Johnson -- 10/25/2001, 1:20 pm
Re: Sources for WRC or Redwood (Iowa, Minnesota)
Bryan Hansel -- 10/28/2001, 10:46 am
Re: Sources for WRC or Redwood (Iowa, Minnesota)
mike arnopol -- 10/27/2001, 2:27 am
Re: Sources for WRC or Redwood (Iowa, Minnesota)
Dan Lindberg -- 10/26/2001, 1:31 pm
Re: Sources for WRC or Redwood (Iowa, Minnesota)
Richard Johnson -- 10/26/2001, 2:15 pm
Re: Sources for WRC or Redwood (Iowa, Minnesota)
Dan Lindberg -- 10/31/2001, 2:11 pm
Re: Correction
Dan Lindberg -- 10/26/2001, 1:39 pm
Re: Sources for WRC or Redwood (Iowa, Minnesota)
John Monfoe -- 10/26/2001, 6:03 am
Re: Sources for WRC or Redwood (Iowa, Minnesota)
Pamela Watson -- 10/25/2001, 10:29 pm
cedar boards
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/25/2001, 8:51 pm
Re: cedar boards
Richard Johnson -- 10/26/2001, 9:02 am
Tell ya what
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/26/2001, 10:06 pm
Re: Tell ya what
Richard Johnson -- 10/29/2001, 3:21 pm
Re: Tell ya what
Don Beale -- 10/30/2001, 12:20 pm
Re: Tell ya what
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/29/2001, 9:50 pm
Re: Tell ya what
Richard Johnson -- 10/30/2001, 11:07 am
Re: cedar boards
Bob Kelim -- 10/25/2001, 9:08 pm
Re: cedar boards
steve hartmann -- 10/25/2001, 10:05 pm
say the magic word and the duck gives you . . .
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/26/2001, 5:00 pm
Re: say the magic word and the duck gives you . .
steve hartmann -- 10/26/2001, 7:53 pm
Re: say the magic word and the duck gives you . .
Julie Kanarr -- 10/26/2001, 8:18 pm
Re: Sources for WRC or Redwood (Iowa, Minnesota)
Jim Eisenmenger -- 10/25/2001, 5:48 pm
Re: Sources for WRC or Redwood (Iowa, Minnesota)
Rich D -- 10/25/2001, 2:05 pm