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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Douglas fir dimensions
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 11/29/2017, 11:27 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Douglas fir dimensions (M A Bielski)

I used Doug Fir on my last kayak and it was very split-prone

even if Doug Fir is tougher, because it is so split-prone

that could make splits more likely

I just want to mention that Douglas fir splits easily! :-)
I'm told that good D Fir is great stuff but I've had boards with 'flaws' where the wood would split easily beside one of the grain lines - a nasty surprise if I'd done much work on that stick.

It is heavy, too.

But people build good skin boat frames with WR cedar, which IMO is less-than-optimum for that role, so probably it's best to just use what you can get easily. Not everybody can access yellow cedar!

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Douglas fir dimensions
kirill -- 11/29/2017, 7:10 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Douglas fir dimensions
M A Bielski -- 11/29/2017, 10:25 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Douglas fir dimensions
JohnAbercrombie -- 11/29/2017, 11:27 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Douglas fir dimensions
kirill -- 11/30/2017, 1:17 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Douglas fir dimensions
M A Bielski -- 12/1/2017, 6:29 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Douglas fir dimensions
kirill -- 12/1/2017, 11:28 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Douglas fir dimensions
M A Bielski -- 12/2/2017, 12:00 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Douglas fir dimensions
Brian Nystrom -- 11/30/2017, 7:34 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Douglas fir dimensions
Etienne Muller -- 11/30/2017, 4:38 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Douglas fir dimensions
kirill -- 11/30/2017, 7:32 pm