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Date: 10/10/2010, 4:32 pm
: One big difference is that mahogany is an absolute joy to machine.
: OTOH, when rounding the edges of Douglas fir parts on a router
: table (with appropriate featherboards), I've had fragments
: literally explode off it. Perhaps there are variations in
: Douglas fir, but the stuff I've used has just been plain nasty
: to work with. As you may have guessed, I really don't like the
: stuff.
This Doug Fir is pretty wet (literally just milled), would that make it worse or better to work with? my thinking is the more dry it is, the more brittle it is... plus we also have Hemlock Fir and Spruce so i do have a couple more options. i just hate seeing all this free/inexpensive wood and not building a kayak out of it ;)
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Garvin -- 10/7/2010, 8:28 pm- Re: Material: Douglas Fir for kayaks
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Foster -- 10/11/2010, 11:39 am- Re: Material: Douglas Fir for kayaks
Bill Hamm -- 10/9/2010, 12:35 am- Re: Material: Douglas Fir for kayaks
Brian Nystrom -- 10/10/2010, 12:13 pm- Re: Material: Douglas Fir for kayaks
Bill Hamm -- 10/11/2010, 2:21 am- Re: Material: Douglas Fir for kayaks
Garvin -- 10/10/2010, 4:32 pm- Re: Material: Douglas Fir for kayaks
Bill Hamm -- 10/11/2010, 2:24 am- Re: Material: Douglas Fir for kayaks
Mike Bielski -- 10/11/2010, 1:30 am- Re: Material: Douglas Fir for kayaks
Garvin -- 10/11/2010, 7:47 pm
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G New -- 10/10/2010, 7:36 pm- Re: Material: Douglas Fir for kayaks
Garvin -- 10/10/2010, 10:36 pm
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dbynoe -- 10/8/2010, 1:48 pm- Re: Material: Douglas Fir for kayaks
Garvin -- 10/8/2010, 11:40 am- Re: Material: Douglas Fir for kayaks
Brian Nystrom -- 10/10/2010, 12:05 pm- Re: Material: Douglas Fir for kayaks
Bill Hamm -- 10/11/2010, 5:48 pm
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Johne -- 10/8/2010, 12:11 pm - Re: Material: Douglas Fir for kayaks
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Jay Babina -- 10/8/2010, 11:12 am- Re: Material: Douglas Fir for kayaks
Mike Bielski -- 10/8/2010, 8:02 am- Re: Material: Douglas Fir for kayaks
Robert W -- 10/8/2010, 7:38 am- Re: Material: Douglas Fir for kayaks
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