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Re: Paddle: Question about Spruce
By:grant
Date: 3/7/2003, 8:48 pm
In Response To: Paddle: Question about Spruce (Bert)

I have read other
: posts that said regular spruce from a 2x4 stud will work fine.Is that
: white spruce?

One would think it is white spruce (Picea glauca) but you cannot be exactly sure. If it is Canadian in origin and intended for construction use it may have been graded as SPF (spruce/pine/fir). Check for a stamp on the material you are looking at. So it could be white spruce (Picea glauca), lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) or balsam fir (Abies sp.)

Virtually anything leaving a mill in BC is kiln dried down to ~14% moisture content so twisting and warping after you take it home should be negligible.

grant

Messages In This Thread

Paddle: Question about Spruce
Bert -- 3/7/2003, 6:34 pm
Re: Paddle: Question about Spruce
Shawn Baker -- 3/10/2003, 1:23 pm
Re: Rumors of Sitka Spruce
C. Fronzek -- 3/8/2003, 11:38 am
Re: Rumors of Sitka Spruce
Don Stahl -- 3/8/2003, 10:33 pm
Re: Paddle: Question about Spruce
grant -- 3/7/2003, 8:48 pm
Whoa...E. Spruce = S. Spruce?!
Shawn Baker -- 3/10/2003, 1:48 pm
Re: Whoa...E. Spruce = S. Spruce?!
Russ -- 3/11/2003, 11:54 am
and That's Why Scientific or Latin Names are Used!
grant -- 3/10/2003, 2:05 pm
Re: Identifying Wood *LINK*
Dave Houser -- 3/10/2003, 7:51 pm
Re: Identifying Wood
grant -- 3/10/2003, 8:03 pm
Re: Paddle: Question about Spruce
Russ -- 3/8/2003, 11:08 am
Re: Paddle: Question about Spruce
grant -- 3/8/2003, 11:34 am
Re: Paddle: Question about Spruce
Bert -- 3/7/2003, 9:10 pm
Re: Paddle: Question about Spruce
Don Lucas -- 3/7/2003, 11:40 pm
Re: Paddle: Question about Spruce
Bert -- 3/8/2003, 6:20 pm
Hollow looms
Don Beale -- 3/7/2003, 7:50 pm
and it gives you more mileage from a single board *NM*
Shawn Baker -- 3/10/2003, 1:28 pm
Re: Hollow looms,How many oz. saved?
Don Lucas -- 3/9/2003, 10:16 am
Re: Hollow looms,How many oz. saved?
Don Beale -- 3/12/2003, 4:25 pm
Re: Hollow looms,How many oz. saved?
Shawn Baker -- 3/10/2003, 1:42 pm
Re: Hollow looms
Bert -- 3/7/2003, 9:00 pm
Re: Paddle: Question about Spruce
Chip Sandresky -- 3/7/2003, 7:44 pm