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Re: Material: wood selection
By:Jaybabina
Date: 1/26/2016, 12:33 pm
In Response To: Material: wood selection (rbappelbaum)

I have one redwood stripper. Yes it is brittle compared to cedar, but not that bad.
You can snap a cedar strip and it will break with a smooth break whereas redwood will break with chards sticking out. It's light, and has a nice color. Totally usable - soft etc. Not a killer to use.

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Material: wood selection
rbappelbaum -- 1/26/2016, 12:22 pm
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Jaybabina -- 1/26/2016, 12:33 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/26/2016, 6:06 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 1/26/2016, 8:35 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/26/2016, 10:16 pm
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Shawn Jones -- 2/27/2016, 2:03 am
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Mike Bielski -- 2/27/2016, 10:09 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/27/2016, 1:20 am
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Thomas Duncan -- 1/28/2016, 8:53 am
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Robert Appelbaum -- 1/31/2016, 7:14 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/1/2016, 12:03 am
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rich purgason -- 2/12/2016, 6:54 am