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Re: Skin-on-Frame: preferred rib material
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 3/23/2011, 8:19 pm
In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: preferred rib material (StephenHJ)

: If I had a choice between ash, birch, white oak and maple, which
: would be the best for bending the ribs and coaming for a
: Greenland style SOF?

White ash and white oak steam well.

Green is best, air dried next, kiln dried not great but sometimes it works. No grain runout is required.

Bill H.

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Skin-on-Frame: preferred rib material
StephenHJ -- 3/23/2011, 7:27 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/23/2011, 8:19 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 3/23/2011, 8:53 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/23/2011, 9:11 pm
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David Bynoe -- 3/23/2011, 11:43 pm
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StephenHJ -- 3/24/2011, 2:12 am
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M. McMann -- 3/24/2011, 3:35 am
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/24/2011, 4:02 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/24/2011, 7:25 am
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Paul Montgomery -- 3/24/2011, 8:51 am
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Scott Shurlow -- 3/24/2011, 9:57 am
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Foster -- 3/24/2011, 11:39 am
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David Bynoe -- 3/24/2011, 3:03 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 3/25/2011, 6:57 am
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ancient kayaker -- 3/24/2011, 11:15 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/25/2011, 9:06 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 3/25/2011, 6:52 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/25/2011, 9:10 am
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ancient kayaker -- 3/25/2011, 4:08 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/25/2011, 6:58 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 3/24/2011, 9:25 pm
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 3/24/2011, 9:07 am
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Scott Shurlow -- 3/24/2011, 9:54 am
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Aaron Hines -- 3/24/2011, 5:36 pm
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Bill Padin -- 3/24/2011, 7:07 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 3/25/2011, 7:03 am
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billpadin -- 3/25/2011, 8:47 pm
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Mike Savage -- 3/24/2011, 8:02 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 3/24/2011, 9:41 pm
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StephenHJ -- 3/25/2011, 1:00 pm