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Re: Material: Paulownia- if you haven't tried it y
By:Malcolm Schweizer
Date: 6/13/2012, 2:20 am
In Response To: Re: Material: Paulownia- if you haven't tried it y (scottbaxter)

: I was really tempted to get some when I got the emial from wood
: surdf board supply but I have enough wood for a few kayaks right
: now that I need to work through. Now that I have seen your
: report it has motivated me to start building faster. It sound
: slike it may be a lot like bass wood but a bit lighter.

I just weighed a 1 1/8 x 6 x 83 (560.25 ci) piece of paulownia and got exactly 5 pounds. A 1 11/16 x 6 x 48 (486 ci) of Port Orford Cedar, well dried, weighed 7.4 pounds. If my math is right then I get .00892459 pounds/ci for paulownia and .01522634 pounds/ci for the cedar, giving a difference of 58.6% in weight per cubic inch between the two.

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Material: Paulownia- if you haven't tried it you should
Malcolm Schweizer -- 6/12/2012, 10:17 am
Re: Material: Paulownia- if you haven't tried it y
Jon Mortimer -- 6/12/2012, 1:06 pm
Re: Material: Paulownia- if you haven't tried it y *PIC*
Malcolm Schweizer -- 6/12/2012, 1:53 pm
Re: Material: Paulownia- if you haven't tried it y
Jon Mortimer -- 6/12/2012, 3:43 pm
Re: Material: Paulownia- if you haven't tried it y
Ross Leidy -- 6/12/2012, 2:39 pm
Re: Material: Paulownia- if you haven't tried it y
Malcolm Schweizer -- 6/12/2012, 2:57 pm
Re: Material: Paulownia- if you haven't tried it y
Ross Leidy -- 6/12/2012, 4:10 pm
Re: Material: Paulownia- if you haven't tried it y
scottbaxter -- 6/12/2012, 6:54 pm
Re: Material: Paulownia- if you haven't tried it y
Malcolm Schweizer -- 6/13/2012, 2:20 am
Re: Material: Paulownia- if you haven't tried it y
Ian Johnson -- 6/13/2012, 1:12 am
Re: Material: Paulownia- if you haven't tried it y
Allan -- 6/13/2012, 5:05 am
Re: Material: Paulownia- if you haven't tried it y
Craig Robinson -- 6/15/2012, 3:08 am