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Re: Specific Gravities for Various Woods
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 11/20/2010, 1:22 am
In Response To: Re: Specific Gravities for Various Woods (Joe Whitman)

: I guess on paper it is heavier than I would have thought. The
: boards I bought were significantly lighter than most hardwoods I
: have worked with in the past, just comparing boards at the
: lumber store. It felt like a feather next to paduk. Like some
: have said prety close to mahogany.

I did the sides on my Disko Bay in Honduras mahogany, it's why I mentioned it. I did cut the strips pretty thin to compensate, 5/32" I think. Still it adds a considerable amount of weight to the finished boat.

Also have a fairly small piece of figured cherry in the deck which didn't help with the weight ;)

Bill H.

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Strip: Petrel pics *PIC*
Joe Whitman -- 11/17/2010, 1:03 pm
Re: Strip: Petrel pics
Scott Fitzgerrell -- 11/17/2010, 3:54 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/17/2010, 6:31 pm
Re: Strip: Petrel pics
Roger Turgeon -- 11/18/2010, 11:12 pm
Specific Gravities for Various Woods
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/19/2010, 8:12 am
Re: Specific Gravities for Various Woods
Joe Whitman -- 11/19/2010, 6:58 pm
Re: Specific Gravities for Various Woods
Bill Hamm -- 11/20/2010, 1:22 am
Re: Specific Gravities for Various Woods
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/19/2010, 7:08 pm
Re: Strip: Petrel pics
Bill Hamm -- 11/19/2010, 12:48 am
Re: Strip: Petrel pics
Joe Whitman -- 11/17/2010, 5:22 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/18/2010, 1:24 am
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Paul Montgomery -- 11/17/2010, 8:27 pm
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Ian Johnson -- 11/17/2010, 8:51 pm
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Rod Tait -- 11/17/2010, 4:18 pm
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Joe Whitman -- 11/17/2010, 1:06 pm
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Joe Whitman -- 11/17/2010, 1:07 pm
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Clayton Plunkett -- 11/17/2010, 8:57 pm
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Joe Whitman -- 11/17/2010, 1:08 pm
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Joe Whitman -- 11/17/2010, 1:10 pm
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Joe Whitman -- 11/17/2010, 1:14 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 11/17/2010, 1:32 pm
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Joe Whitman -- 11/17/2010, 2:16 pm
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Bob Beaullieu -- 11/17/2010, 2:41 pm