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Re: Material: Western Red/White Cedar
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 3/10/2011, 7:06 pm
In Response To: Re: Material: Western Red/White Cedar (John Robinson)

: Thanks for the info...your are right about the pine, it is just for
: accents, so I really don't need Alaskan Yellow or Western
: White....I'll check out the place in Maryland and I do need
: clear vertical grain quarter sawed boards...
: John

Actually if you're making a stripper, you really want flat sawn boards, end up with quarter sawn strips that way. If you start out with vertical sawn boards you end up with flat sawn strips.

Bill H.

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Material: Western Red/White Cedar
John Robinson -- 3/10/2011, 3:55 pm
Re: Material: Western Red/White Cedar
Dave Gentry -- 3/10/2011, 4:30 pm
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Damian wentzel -- 3/10/2011, 6:32 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 3/10/2011, 5:05 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/10/2011, 5:26 pm
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John Robinson -- 3/10/2011, 5:38 pm
Re: Material: Western Red/White Cedar
Bill Hamm -- 3/10/2011, 7:06 pm
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John Robinson -- 3/10/2011, 8:02 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/10/2011, 8:06 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 3/11/2011, 12:17 am
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Mark Joyse -- 3/10/2011, 6:39 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/10/2011, 7:07 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 3/10/2011, 7:22 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/10/2011, 8:03 pm
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John Robinson -- 3/10/2011, 5:39 pm