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Material: wood
By:Arko Bronaugh
Date: 11/16/2002, 4:52 pm

I have been asked to remove a very large Black Walnut tree from a womans lawn as she hates the thing for dropping all of those "ugly and bothersome"nuts all over the place, and was very happy to do so.My questions are,how would I go about drying the wood to prevent it from splitting and what are the potential uses in the boat building arena, particularly SOF, if any.Is black walnut suitable for skin boat frames or greenland paddles?

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Material: wood
Arko Bronaugh -- 11/16/2002, 4:52 pm
Ribs and coamings
Brian Nystrom -- 11/18/2002, 1:55 pm
Re: Ribs and coamings
Arko Bronaugh -- 11/18/2002, 4:11 pm
you have a whole tree to play with You tell us :) *NM*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 11/19/2002, 4:38 am
I couldn't say for sure...
Brian Nystrom -- 11/18/2002, 4:40 pm
Re: Ribs and coamings
Arko Bronaugh -- 11/18/2002, 4:05 pm
Ribs and coamings
Brian Nystrom -- 11/18/2002, 1:54 pm
Re: Material: wood
Mike Loriz -- 11/17/2002, 4:17 pm
Re: Dig the root-base ! :D
Rehd -- 11/16/2002, 10:10 pm
Re: Material: wood
Ron Hagedorn -- 11/16/2002, 7:47 pm
Re: Material: wood
Paul G. Jacobson -- 11/16/2002, 5:39 pm
Re: Material: wood
Arko Bronaugh -- 11/16/2002, 8:45 pm
one more suggestion
Paul G. Jacobson -- 11/20/2002, 9:10 pm
Re: Material: wood
Bruce Haugen -- 11/17/2002, 10:15 am
Re: Material: wood
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 11/16/2002, 5:11 pm