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Re: Material: Wood species?
By:Mike Bielski
Date: 5/15/2013, 4:59 pm
In Response To: Material: Wood species? (Chris)

Basswood is a great wood. It compares very favorably with WRC as far as weight and the like, but it's actually harder than cedar. It's also WAY cheaper. If you look up some back issues of Wooden Boat, Nick built one of his canoe designs of basswood with a dark accent at the top. Here's a link to some info on the build: http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?122492-Nymph-Canoe-Build

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Material: Wood species?
Chris -- 5/15/2013, 3:01 pm
Re: Material: Wood species?
Mike Bielski -- 5/15/2013, 4:59 pm
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Jerome Jankowski -- 5/15/2013, 5:04 pm
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scottbaxter -- 5/15/2013, 11:42 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 5/16/2013, 7:01 pm
Re: Material: Wood species? History
scottbaxter -- 5/16/2013, 10:05 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 5/17/2013, 10:22 am
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Jay Babina -- 5/16/2013, 7:22 am
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scottbaxter -- 5/16/2013, 7:38 am
Re: Material: Wood species? *PIC*
Sean Dawe -- 5/16/2013, 7:58 am
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Mike Bielski -- 5/16/2013, 5:38 pm
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robert l -- 5/17/2013, 12:22 am
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Luke H -- 5/20/2013, 4:10 pm