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Re: Material: Mahagony Night Heron?
By:JJ Atkinson
Date: 7/8/2003, 12:25 pm
In Response To: Material: Mahagony Night Heron? (nick)

You will find that the Mahogany will be a joy to mill, but I think that you may have trouble with making it take compound curves (I dont think it will bend as easily as cedar). It will also be a bit heavy.

My 2 cents.

JJ

: Hi,

: I'm about to start work on my Night Heron kayak...finally! I have access to
: plenty of free mahagony, but I don't know if it will be tough to work
: with. Anyone have any experience or suggestions?

: nick

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Material: Mahagony Night Heron?
nick -- 7/7/2003, 5:19 pm
Re: Material: Mahagony Night Heron?
Don Lucas -- 7/9/2003, 9:54 am
Re: Material: Mahagony Night Heron?
nick -- 7/10/2003, 10:26 am
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Don Beale -- 7/9/2003, 12:58 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 7/8/2003, 12:54 pm
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nick -- 7/8/2003, 1:39 pm
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Brian Ervin -- 7/8/2003, 4:55 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 7/8/2003, 2:06 pm
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nick -- 7/8/2003, 3:18 pm
Re: Material: Mahagony Night Heron? *LINK*
Ted Henry -- 7/8/2003, 3:32 pm
Re: Material: Mahagony Night Heron?
JJ Atkinson -- 7/8/2003, 12:25 pm
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Ed Falis -- 7/7/2003, 7:05 pm