Subject: Re: [baidarka] Three-holer started
From: wolfgang brinck (nativewater@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Dec 19 2005 - 10:00:09 EST
--- davidkeefe@VERIZON.NET wrote:
> Also, this will be the first time I'm building with green wood, but
> we
> have quite a bit of ash here in northern Vermont, and I've been
> thinking
> it might be a pretty good material for this stuff (plus, with
> friends like
> Randy who are willing to give me a tree and help cut it up, it
> seems like
> a logical course of action). If anyone wants to offer tips on
> working
> with this for someone who has almost always used well-dried wood,
> that would be appreciated.
>
I've worked with green wood, mostly for ribs. I have made ribs out
of ash and they've held up for 15 years without any show of wear.
Green wood nice to work with, planes more easily than dried wood and
is more flexible than the same species after drying.
The only difficulty with green wood is that it shrinks as it dries
and it shrinks more perpendicular to the growth rings than at a right
angle to them. People who make chairs from green wood use this
phenomenon to their advantage by orienting the rungs so that they
will be locked in by a shrinking mortise. The place you would
experience this phenomenon would be in mortised deck beams.
The Alutiiq triple is intrinsicly a pretty heavy boat due to its
length and considerable beam and with ash will have a tendency to be
even more heavy, especially if you follow the original lumber
dimensions without modification.
In any case, looking forward to a report on how your building goes.
Wolfgang
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