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

408 topics in this forum

1. Substitute for Wood Frame Pieces in Lifeboats

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

2. Cutting Basswood

   By halgin, November 2, 2015   

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

3. Problem extracting wood parts - they keep breaking

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

4. Fixing Warps With An Electric Plank Bender

   By Elijah, October 25, 2015   

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

5. Using Hawthorn

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

6. Rough Holly Questions

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

7. Constructo Wood - Alternatives

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

8. mahogany deck strips for billings bluenose 576

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

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

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

10. Using Oak for ship ribs, and grain direction

    By barryww, July 16, 2015   

    • grain
    • oak
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    • wq3296
    • July 16, 2015

11. Would peach wood be good for builds?

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

12. Chinaberry

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

13. Need some help on identification of some wood.

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

14. TiteBond No-Run No-Drip glue

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

15. boxwood or equivalent in the UK

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

16. Types of wood available at CMB

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

17. 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

18. Ramin

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

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

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

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

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

21. Cutting thin slices of wood 1 2

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

22. Mahogany Bending

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

23. Recycling old wood

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

24. Balsa For Bow Blocks? (Moved by moderator)

    By Rook, September 19, 2013
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    • hornet
    • February 24, 2015

25. Cutting hull and deck planks

    By rtropp, September 25, 2013
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    • AntonyUK
    • February 10, 2015

26. Wood crowned

    By Kurt Johnson, January 14, 2015
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    • cwboland
    • January 15, 2015

27. Drilling straight holes into dowels

    By achuck49, January 9, 2015
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    • mtaylor
    • January 13, 2015

28. Help identifying this wood

    By sport29652, January 9, 2015
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    • sport29652
    • January 9, 2015

29. choices other than boxwood or swiss pear?

    By rtropp, January 6, 2015
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    • figuerres
    • January 8, 2015

30. Preferred type of Boxwood

    By rtropp, December 16, 2014
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    • DocBlake
    • December 20, 2014