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Re: Material: poplar
By:george jung
Date: 12/16/2010, 10:21 am
In Response To: Re: Material: poplar (Bill Hamm)

: Poplar is fine, slightly heavy and not in the least rot resistant
: but under glass that's not a problem anyhow. Have a guy locally
: that built a Guillemot all in poplar and all 1/4" strips,
: it's around 45 lbs. but otherwise it's fine. Going to perhaps
: 3/16" strips would save some weight.

: Bill H.

I was considering it to fill in the deck, after surrounding the sides/shears with dark WRC, with an African Mahogony center accent stripe. Too much? I know, 'less is more'. The color/wood grain of the board I saw looked interesting. If I used that much, I'd be pumping the weight up - the opposite of what I'm aiming for.

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george jung -- 12/15/2010, 11:04 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/16/2010, 12:23 am
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ancient kayaker -- 12/16/2010, 4:26 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/16/2010, 5:38 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/16/2010, 5:36 pm
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george jung -- 12/16/2010, 10:21 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/16/2010, 11:55 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 12/16/2010, 1:46 pm
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Al Edie -- 12/16/2010, 11:27 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/16/2010, 5:32 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 12/16/2010, 6:06 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/16/2010, 8:06 pm
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Stephen Troy -- 12/16/2010, 3:54 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 12/16/2010, 6:17 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/16/2010, 12:01 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 12/16/2010, 6:11 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/16/2010, 8:05 pm
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dhwdaniels -- 12/16/2010, 5:07 am
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dhwdaniels -- 12/16/2010, 7:42 am
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Allan -- 12/15/2010, 11:26 pm