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Re: What other species are available?
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 5/28/2011, 12:02 am
In Response To: Re: What other species are available? (Bill Mayberry)

: Pine is not readily available but spruce is. I'm going shopping
: tomorrow for some spruce.....

: Thanks,
: Bill

Spruce is good, lighter than pine and much stronger than cedar. Also gets a nice golden color under oil if you choose to do that.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Material: 15' Clear Cedar for gunwales
Bill Mayberry -- 5/26/2011, 8:52 am
Re: Material: 15' Clear Cedar for gunwales
David Bynoe -- 5/26/2011, 10:27 am
Re: Material: 15' Clear Cedar for gunwales
Bill Mayberry -- 5/26/2011, 1:54 pm
Re: Material: 15' Clear Cedar for gunwales
Roger -- 5/26/2011, 12:41 pm
Re: Material: 15' Clear Cedar for gunwales
Bill Mayberry -- 5/26/2011, 1:18 pm
What other species are available?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 5/26/2011, 9:49 pm
Re: What other species are available?
Bill Mayberry -- 5/26/2011, 11:12 pm
Re: What other species are available?
ancient kayaker -- 5/27/2011, 12:18 am
Re: What other species are available?
Bill Mayberry -- 5/27/2011, 7:28 pm
Re: What other species are available?
Bill Hamm -- 5/27/2011, 8:30 am
Re: What other species are available?
Bill Mayberry -- 5/27/2011, 2:16 pm
Re: What other species are available?
David Bynoe -- 5/27/2011, 11:56 am
Re: What other species are available?
Bill Mayberry -- 5/27/2011, 2:18 pm
Re: What other species are available?
Bill Hamm -- 5/27/2011, 11:17 pm
Re: What other species are available?
Bill Mayberry -- 5/27/2011, 11:56 pm
Re: What other species are available?
Bill Hamm -- 5/28/2011, 12:02 am
Re: What other species are available?
Kenneth Sutherland -- 5/31/2011, 7:30 am
Re: Material: 15' Clear Cedar for gunwales
West -- 5/27/2011, 11:17 pm
Re: Material: 15' Clear Cedar for gunwales
Bill Mayberry -- 5/27/2011, 11:54 pm