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Douglas Fir is also...
By:Brian Nystrom
Date: 11/28/2008, 9:38 am
In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: Stringer/Gunwale Question (Danper)

...heavy, stiff, brittle and not particularly fun to work with either hand or power tools. I found that it doesn't plane well and the surface can shatter if you machine it, such as when using a router to round the edges. I don't like the stuff at all. That said, mechanically, it should work fine for stringers, especially if you follow Paul's advice and reduce their size appropriately.

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Skin-on-Frame: Stringer/Gunwale Question
Danper -- 11/26/2008, 10:30 am
Douglas Fir is also...
Brian Nystrom -- 11/28/2008, 9:38 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Stringer/Gunwale Question
Paul G. Jacobson -- 11/26/2008, 3:24 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Stringer/Gunwale Question
Bill Hamm -- 11/26/2008, 5:32 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Stringer/Gunwale Question
Danper -- 11/26/2008, 10:16 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Stringer/Gunwale Question
Bill Hamm -- 11/27/2008, 8:31 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Stringer/Gunwale Question
Kudzu -- 11/27/2008, 7:50 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Stringer/Gunwale Question
Bill Hamm -- 11/26/2008, 1:23 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Stringer/Gunwale Question
Kudzu -- 11/26/2008, 10:44 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Stringer/Gunwale Question
danp -- 11/26/2008, 10:53 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Stringer/Gunwale Question
Kudzu -- 11/26/2008, 10:56 am