Date: Sat, 09 Oct 1999 14:38:12 -0500
From: John Reynolds <johnr63@cwix.com>
Subject: Re: baidarka wood problems
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Sorry for the abbreviation. CVG = Clear Vertical Grain. Basicly NO KNOTS.
Michael O'Flynn wrote:
> Sorry -- what is "CVG fir" please?
>
> Thanks
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Reynolds <johnr63@cwix.com>
> To: Baidarka <baidarka@lists.intelenet.net>
> Date: Friday, October 08, 1999 11:18 AM
> Subject: baidarka wood problems
>
> >Geez Guys & Gals all this finger jointing and scarping is taking a lot
> >of time. If time = $ at any rate its got to be cheaper to get clear wood
> >unless it's one or two joints even if you have to order it. You can buy
> >aircraft grade Sitka Spruce 1"x 2" any length for $3.50 per lin. Ft.
> >from Aircraft Spruce 800-831-2949. This seems to be overkill. I went to
> >a lumber supplier not a Home Depot type store and got clear milled CVG
> >fir in 16' lengths for around $10 each for my gunwales and keel. You
> >just need to go where builders go to buy wood. Look in the Yellow pages
> >for someone that advertises hardwoods. Another alternative source would
> >be to find a millwork shop. Again check the Yellow Pages for millwork or
> >Arch. millwork. A few years ago in Portland I had one of these mill some
> >1 3/4 x 4" CVG fir to splice into and patch a floor on a house I was
> >restoring. They did all the precise milling and it was some of the
> >finest truly vertical grain quartersawn fir I've seen in pretty long
> >lengths. They charged me approx. $130 for 105 lin. ft. The moral to this
> >story is that you just need to look in places other than the weekend
> >handyman store.
> >
>
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