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Re: Strip: Albus wood strips
By:Mike
Date: 4/8/2010, 8:38 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Albus wood strips (Malcolm Schweizer)

I have used some of this in my millwork company and found it easy to work with. We actually chopped it up and finger-jointed then glued it into panels for a customer who needed it for its light weight characteristics. We did experiment with it a little and found that it did not take to being moulded all that well and it did fuzz up like you would see in Aspen. This is NOT what I call standard poplar or tulip-wood as distributed in the U.S., completely different animal. I would tend to believe it is a hybrid of some sort and like mentioned before more like cottonwood and aspen. As far as wow factor, there is none. Very drab in my opinion, but definitely light weight.

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riston -- 4/7/2010, 9:48 pm
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riston -- 4/8/2010, 4:12 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 4/8/2010, 6:15 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/11/2010, 12:51 am
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Mike -- 4/8/2010, 8:38 pm
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Paul Montgomery -- 4/9/2010, 8:24 am
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Allan -- 4/8/2010, 5:01 pm
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dhwdaniels -- 4/8/2010, 6:02 pm
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Charlie -- 4/8/2010, 9:16 pm
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dhwdaniels -- 4/9/2010, 6:25 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 4/8/2010, 8:19 pm
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Ken Brunton -- 4/8/2010, 12:28 pm
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Mike Savage -- 4/8/2010, 2:20 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 4/8/2010, 9:24 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/11/2010, 12:45 am
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Mike Bielski -- 4/8/2010, 9:26 am
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graybeard -- 4/8/2010, 1:59 pm
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Jay Babina -- 4/8/2010, 7:54 am
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Paul Montgomery -- 4/8/2010, 8:33 am
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Allan -- 4/8/2010, 2:02 am