> ... this stuff seems
> a lot heavier than the typical woods used in a stripper, so I would
> anticipate that the boat will be a fair amount heavier than anticipated.
> From the charts I've read, it seems to be stronger as well, and it has a
> good reputation as a boat building wood and allegedly "steam
> bends" well.
Sounds like an ideal material to use in 3/16 thickness rather than 1/4 inch thickness strips. You cut 25% off of the weight, and the difference in strength going from 1/4 down to 3/16 is hard to evaluate with western red cedar, so using a stronger wood seems ideal.
> If you do use it on a stripper kayak, please post the choices of
> complimentary woods you intend to use ... I'm having a little difficulty
> with small test panels trying to figure a decent color scheme with this
> bright yellow relatively grainless wood.
Get ebony and do a bumble bee motif in black and yellow?
Hope this helps.
Paul G. Jacobson
Messages In This Thread
- wood species delaminating from apoxy,
Rick Clements -- 4/16/2000, 2:53 am- Re: wood species delaminating from apoxy,
Tony -- 4/19/2000, 2:58 pm- Re: wood species delaminating from apoxy,
Eric Schade (Shearwater Boats) -- 4/17/2000, 12:09 pm- Re: wood species delaminating from apoxy,
Nolan -- 4/17/2000, 7:36 am- Re: wood species delaminating from apoxy,
Vaclav -- 4/16/2000, 11:39 am- It's neither Cedar nor Cypress ??
John B. -- 4/16/2000, 12:53 pm- Southern Cypress
Vernon -- 4/18/2000, 10:31 am- Re: Cedar nor Cypress, but further confusion
larry -- 4/16/2000, 7:52 pm- Re: Cedar nor Cypress, but further confusion
Simon King -- 4/17/2000, 1:50 am- Re: Cedar nor Cypress, but further confusion
John B. -- 4/16/2000, 8:40 pm - Re: Cedar nor Cypress, but further confusion
- Re: Cedar nor Cypress, but further confusion
- Southern Cypress
- Re: wood species delaminating from apoxy,
John B. -- 4/16/2000, 10:35 am- Re: wood species delaminating from apoxy,
Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/16/2000, 7:19 pm- Re: 3/16 Yellow Cedar
Mike Hanks -- 4/17/2000, 11:42 am- Re: 3/16 Yellow Cedar
Rehd -- 4/17/2000, 8:48 pm
- Re: 3/16 Yellow Cedar
- Re: 3/16 Yellow Cedar
- Re: wood species delaminating from apoxy,
- Re: wood species delaminating from apoxy,