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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Green-white oak
By:Rturnings
Date: 12/12/2017, 9:19 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Green-white oak (Justin)

Thanks Justin,
I am going to be at a lumber supplier later today.
They have kiln dried white oak, the weight of two 1"x4"x8' bards should be close to air dried and of course less than green.
I figure for stringers, keel, and inner-wale a 16' -1"x4" will be enough to make those parts.
I'll get an idea of weight and for that part of the build I will figure I could cut the weight in half if I could find western red cedar.
The rest of the build will be white oak regardless.
Unless I'm just missing the obvious somewhere?
I could make the stems out of a different wood, they don't need to bend so kiln dried would be fine.
But I can't believe that would make more than a few ounces difference?
As for using green white oak, as I said it is what I can get.
In the overall weight I still don't see it being a deal breaker, unless it becomes several pounds difference.
It's going to be a boat that gets use, I take care of my equipment, but I do use it.
I'm not going to sweat an ounce or even a pound Overall.
My main concern is the behavior of green white oak after steaming and lashing and drying for a year or so.
Will it split or twist overtime as it dries?
RT

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Skin-on-Frame: Green-white oak
Rturnings -- 12/11/2017, 9:32 pm
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Peter F Lord -- 12/12/2017, 5:25 am
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Rturnings -- 12/12/2017, 7:09 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 12/12/2017, 7:37 am
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Rturnings -- 12/12/2017, 7:55 am
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Justin -- 12/12/2017, 8:56 am
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Rturnings -- 12/12/2017, 9:19 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 12/12/2017, 11:55 am
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Rturnings -- 12/12/2017, 3:17 pm
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Qaannat -- 12/12/2017, 9:18 am
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Rturnings -- 12/12/2017, 10:09 am
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Qaannat -- 12/12/2017, 12:55 pm
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Qaannat -- 12/12/2017, 12:58 pm
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Rturnings -- 12/12/2017, 3:20 pm
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Jay Babina -- 12/12/2017, 1:24 pm
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Peter F Lord -- 12/12/2017, 2:28 pm
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Rturnings -- 12/12/2017, 3:28 pm
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Justin -- 12/13/2017, 4:47 am
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Rturnings -- 12/14/2017, 8:26 am
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Rturnings -- 12/12/2017, 3:24 pm
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Jay Babina -- 12/13/2017, 7:08 am
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Rturnings -- 12/13/2017, 8:00 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/14/2017, 12:26 am
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Rturnings -- 12/14/2017, 8:07 am
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Rturnings -- 12/14/2017, 8:56 am
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Peter F Lord -- 12/22/2017, 5:41 am
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Rtturnings -- 12/22/2017, 1:28 pm
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Peter F Lord -- 12/22/2017, 4:15 pm
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Peter F Lord -- 12/22/2017, 5:49 pm
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Peter F Lord -- 12/23/2017, 7:30 am
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Rtturnings -- 12/23/2017, 11:53 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Green-white oak AND Thanks
Peter F Lord -- 12/24/2017, 5:56 am
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Rtturnings -- 12/24/2017, 8:14 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/24/2017, 11:53 pm
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J Van Buren -- 12/26/2017, 9:42 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/28/2017, 1:21 am
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Rtturnings -- 12/29/2017, 4:44 pm
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Rtturnings -- 1/26/2018, 7:04 pm
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West -- 1/30/2018, 4:53 am
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Rtturnings -- 1/31/2018, 4:54 pm
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PETER -- 2/1/2018, 10:51 am
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Rtturnings -- 2/1/2018, 3:40 pm
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Rtturnings -- 1/30/2018, 12:50 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Green-white oak AND Thanks
Rtturnings -- 1/30/2018, 10:00 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 2/9/2018, 2:23 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Green-white oak AND Thanks
Rtturnings -- 2/9/2018, 8:49 pm