Wood discussion...Where to use it? Where to get it? What types are best? How to Finish it?

415 topics in this forum

1. milling your own planking

   By bluenose2, April 10, 2016
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   • grsjax
   • April 10, 2016

2. Avocado wood

   By grsjax, February 19, 2016
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   • donrobinson
   • February 24, 2016

3. Using Cherry for ship builds 1 2

   By Erik W, January 25, 2016
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   • Bill Tuttle
   • February 21, 2016

4. Birch Plywood

   By The Old Man, January 18, 2016
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   • catopower
   • January 23, 2016

5. Determine the curve when bending wood

   By achuck49, December 21, 2015
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   • achuck49
   • December 25, 2015

6. Russian Olive

   By Caius Merlyn, July 6, 2015
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   • reklein
   • December 19, 2015

7. How to store milled wood

   By Mike Y, August 31, 2015
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   • Nirvana
   • December 17, 2015

8. Substitute for Wood Frame Pieces in Lifeboats

   By mikiek, December 13, 2015
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   • mrjimmy
   • December 13, 2015

9. Cutting Basswood

   By halgin, November 2, 2015   

   • cutting small wood pieces
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   • reklein
   • November 2, 2015

10. Problem extracting wood parts - they keep breaking

    By osdet7, October 17, 2015
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    • dgbot
    • October 31, 2015

11. Fixing Warps With An Electric Plank Bender

    By Elijah, October 25, 2015   

    • Warped
    • Plank Bender
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      Tagged with:

      • Warped
      • Plank Bender
      • Electric
      • Fixing
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    • Landlocked123
    • October 26, 2015

12. Using Hawthorn

    By Brian100, July 6, 2015
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    • Louie da fly
    • October 18, 2015

13. Rough Holly Questions

    By FlounderFillet5, September 23, 2015
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    • Mahuna
    • September 24, 2015

14. Constructo Wood - Alternatives

    By Submarineman, September 19, 2015
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    • Jaager
    • September 19, 2015

15. mahogany deck strips for billings bluenose 576

    By everguard, September 1, 2015
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    • everguard
    • September 1, 2015

16. Just how much wood do you keep in STOCK?

    By bear, August 13, 2015
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    • Richard Griffith
    • August 14, 2015

17. Using Oak for ship ribs, and grain direction

    By barryww, July 16, 2015   

    • grain
    • oak
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    • wq3296
    • July 16, 2015

18. Would peach wood be good for builds?

    By rtropp, June 30, 2015
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    • Jaager
    • July 12, 2015

19. Chinaberry

    By Jolley Roger, July 7, 2015
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    • Jolley Roger
    • July 8, 2015

20. Need some help on identification of some wood.

    By Guest Tim I., April 27, 2015
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    • Guest
    • June 18, 2015

21. TiteBond No-Run No-Drip glue

    By DocBlake, May 14, 2015
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    • Ulises Victoria
    • June 15, 2015

22. boxwood or equivalent in the UK

    By Ian B, May 21, 2015
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    • Boatsinc2000
    • May 24, 2015

23. Types of wood available at CMB

    By Jolley Roger, May 14, 2015
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    • demonborger
    • May 14, 2015

24. Minwax Stainable Wood Filler-Can you glue planks to it with Titebond?

    By bear, May 2, 2015
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    • Chuck Seiler
    • May 9, 2015

25. Ramin

    By Jparsley, April 5, 2015
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    • Jparsley
    • May 3, 2015

26. Boxwood compaired to Swiss Pear in planking in 1/16" thickness

    By bear, April 16, 2015
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    • Trussben
    • April 27, 2015

27. Crown Timberyard, evaluation of some wood sheets 1 2

    By Modeler12, April 17, 2015
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    • Modeler12
    • April 23, 2015

28. Cutting thin slices of wood 1 2

    By michael mott, March 3, 2013
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    • Chuck Seiler
    • April 16, 2015

29. Mahogany Bending

    By BareHook, March 17, 2015
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    • Tallshiptragic
    • April 8, 2015

30. Recycling old wood

    By shihawk, February 21, 2015
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    • grsjax
    • March 1, 2015