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Material: WRC Sapwood vs Heartwood question
By:dbynoe
Date: 10/31/2010, 10:20 pm

So I just stopped by my favorite sawmill up in Revelstoke, BC and picked up some really nice clear red cedar 2x6's. The grain is absolutely perfect, but the boards are about half sapwood.

Is there any significant structural strength difference between heartwood and sapwood in WRC? How about in terms of bending and splitting?

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Material: WRC Sapwood vs Heartwood question
dbynoe -- 10/31/2010, 10:20 pm
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Charlie -- 11/1/2010, 10:19 am
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dbynoe -- 11/1/2010, 12:41 pm
Testing WRC Sapwood vs Heartwood
Paul G. Jacobson -- 11/9/2010, 3:47 am
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Kudzu -- 11/1/2010, 1:29 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 11/1/2010, 6:37 am
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Ian Johnson -- 10/31/2010, 10:44 pm