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Re: Strip: Wood weight
By:Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks
Date: 12/5/2001, 9:34 am
In Response To: Strip: Wood weight (SMehder)

Specific Gravity of Ponderosa Pine: 0.40 Vs WR Cedar : 0.32. Inland Red Cedar is the same as thing as Western Red Cedar. This information is out of the "Encyclopedia of Wood" which is a reprint of the Wood Handbook - see the link below.

: Went to Lowe's last night to look at available wood. They had Inland Red
: Cedar. Has anyone an idea of what this is? It is not the eastern
: airomatic. Has anyone used Ponderosa Pine? This would be used more for
: accent than the whole boat. What is the relaltive weight of the pine?

: Other than the table in Nick's book, does anyone have a list of the relative
: weight of various type of kayak building wood?

Wood handbook--Wood as an engineering material.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Wood weight
SMehder -- 12/5/2001, 9:06 am
Re: Strip: Wood weight
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/5/2001, 9:34 am