Re: cottonwood for boards
[Re: tonymalone]
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MAY be too soft...need SOME rigidity to it...
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Re: cottonwood for boards
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Most times the wood thickness is about 5/8" on basswood, and tapered on the side edges. Maybe if you used cottonwood, you could get it custom cut a little thicker and still tapered on the edges and be ridgid !?!
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Re: cottonwood for boards
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As cottonwood dries, it gets extremely hard. Would be a pain in the b u t t to pin anything to them after they have aged.
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Re: cottonwood for boards
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I have made some boards out of catalpha and they are not much different than basswood. I even planed some to a 3/8 thickness and have not had any warpage I made these boards 3 seasons ago and they seem to be working great. They are easy to get push pins and stapels into and out of the wood.
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Re: cottonwood for boards
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As cottonwood dries, it gets extremely hard. Would be a pain in the b u t t to pin anything to them after they have aged. Ditto ! Pine is too hard too but spruce works well.
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Re: cottonwood for boards
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Are the cypress full of knots or can you get some decent boards from it? Does it warp badly? Don, the boards i used didn't have knots, but a knot or 2 could be worked around. haven't had a warpage prob. at all, have stretched coon, coyote, greyfox, & bobcats on em.
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Re: cottonwood for boards
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Of all woods to make boards I prefer Western red Cedar. My second choice is spruce, but it even hardens up somewhat as it ages. Never tried basswood as we do not have it here.
Yes cottonwood when dry is a very hard wood. Cottonwood planks were the material of choice at one time for barn floors because it dried so hard.
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Re: cottonwood for boards
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I made some boards out of cypres about 5 years ago. They didn't warp, but they will crack and split very easy. I started using popular about 3 years ago and they work much better. I don't use push pins only staples and they work fine.
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Re: cottonwood for boards
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Mr. Malone do you know of a place in Arkansas to get cypress boards in the correct thickness for stretchers? I am from Pine Bluff and have been thinking about making some stretchers this spring and summer. Neil there is a cypress mill at in the stuttgart area, don't know the contact info, but that is pretty close to ya, shouldn't be to hard to find out. git em a little thick and have em planed. there is also a cypress mill a couple of miles from me. the owner of it is a trapper & and a member of this forum..... cypert2
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Re: cottonwood for boards
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I like to have some for coon boards and a few adjustable boards. shoot me a pm with some prices when you get a chance.
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