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Re: Strip: Type of wood for Petrel
By:scottbaxter
Date: 9/20/2013, 8:19 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Type of wood for Petrel (Mike Bielski)

I did a hull in basswood and liked working with it. It is slightly heavier but as mentioned you can cut it a bit thinner. It is really bad for rot resistance, is a little featureless which can be good or bad, has a fuzzy light saw dust you want to contain. Overall I liked working with it more than cedar.

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Strip: Type of wood for Petrel
sepk -- 9/19/2013, 12:49 pm
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Mark Vander Horck -- 9/19/2013, 1:02 pm
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Oliver -- 9/19/2013, 3:36 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 9/19/2013, 4:43 pm
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Greg Galloway -- 9/19/2013, 5:08 pm
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scottbaxter -- 9/20/2013, 8:19 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 9/20/2013, 10:00 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/22/2013, 12:51 am
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Matt Jakubek -- 9/20/2013, 7:47 am
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Nick Riccardi -- 9/20/2013, 2:53 pm
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Oliver -- 9/21/2013, 8:12 am
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Nick Riccardi -- 9/21/2013, 9:21 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/22/2013, 12:55 am
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Robert Horstmann -- 9/21/2013, 1:25 am
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David Bartnowski -- 9/21/2013, 7:07 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/22/2013, 12:58 am