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Re: Material: Douglas Fir for kayaks
By:Brian Nystrom
Date: 10/10/2010, 12:05 pm
In Response To: Re: Material: Douglas Fir for kayaks (Garvin)

: good info, thanks! I think I will make an sof out of it for sure
: and maybe do the hull on my next strip kayak, or at least use it
: for some accent strips. I also found out that the lumber company
: has Hemlock Fir and on occasion, Spruce. Are these two also
: heavier and more brittle?

No, they're not. Douglas fir is an orange-ish color and it's much harder. White woods (pine, hemlock, fir, spruce) are lighter, softer and easier to work with than Douglas fir.

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Material: Douglas Fir for kayaks
Garvin -- 10/7/2010, 8:28 pm
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Garvin -- 10/11/2010, 7:51 pm
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Mark Seilis -- 10/11/2010, 12:40 pm
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Foster -- 10/11/2010, 11:39 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/9/2010, 12:35 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 10/10/2010, 12:13 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/11/2010, 2:21 am
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Garvin -- 10/10/2010, 4:32 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/11/2010, 2:24 am
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Mike Bielski -- 10/11/2010, 1:30 am
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Garvin -- 10/11/2010, 7:47 pm
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G New -- 10/10/2010, 7:36 pm
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Garvin -- 10/10/2010, 10:36 pm
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dbynoe -- 10/8/2010, 1:48 pm
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Garvin -- 10/8/2010, 11:40 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 10/10/2010, 12:05 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/11/2010, 5:48 pm
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Johne -- 10/8/2010, 12:11 pm
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Jay Babina -- 10/8/2010, 11:12 am
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Mike Bielski -- 10/8/2010, 8:02 am
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Robert W -- 10/8/2010, 7:38 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 10/8/2010, 7:16 am