Subject: Re: [baidarka] 3 questions about ash... well, one about D-fir
From: Bill Samson (bill.samson@tesco.net)
Date: Sat Jul 12 2003 - 09:22:41 EDT
Hi Don,
I too like to use 'found' wood. Makes me feel much more 'authentic',
whatever I mean by that ;)
Ash is less durable than Doug fir, on the whole, but that's pretty academic
as long as your boat is kept in the dry between trips. My three-year-old
folder has ash stringers and they're absolutely fine.
The great thing about ash is its bending properties. It'd make great ribs,
too, and of course I wouldn't make a cockpit hoop out of anything else.
Bill
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Subject: [baidarka] 3 questions about ash... well, one about D-fir
> Finally, I can get decvent D-fir from the lumberyard and can select
vertical
> grain, though the grain will run athwartships; weight is in the same range
as
> ash. Would the D-fir be better? I like the idea of using "found wood", but
am
> not nutsy about it.
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