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Re: Material: poplar
By:Allan
Date: 12/15/2010, 11:26 pm
In Response To: Material: poplar (george jung)

Is it this one?

"Although the wood from Populus is known as poplar wood, a common high-quality hardwood "poplar" with a greenish colour is actually from an unrelated genus Liriodendron. Populus wood is a lighter, more porous material."

http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/for/for2/for2.htm

Or is it one of these?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populus

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george jung -- 12/15/2010, 11:04 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/16/2010, 12:23 am
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ancient kayaker -- 12/16/2010, 4:26 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/16/2010, 5:38 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/16/2010, 5:36 pm
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george jung -- 12/16/2010, 10:21 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/16/2010, 11:55 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 12/16/2010, 1:46 pm
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Al Edie -- 12/16/2010, 11:27 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/16/2010, 5:32 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 12/16/2010, 6:06 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/16/2010, 8:06 pm
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Stephen Troy -- 12/16/2010, 3:54 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 12/16/2010, 6:17 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/16/2010, 12:01 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 12/16/2010, 6:11 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/16/2010, 8:05 pm
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dhwdaniels -- 12/16/2010, 5:07 am
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dhwdaniels -- 12/16/2010, 7:42 am
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Allan -- 12/15/2010, 11:26 pm