white cedar source

Rick L

Rick L

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about to carve some cork bodies to go with the heads I did, I had planned to do the base boards and keels from white cedar


but I went to the couple of specialty wood dealers and surprise- no one carries white cedar around here.

do any of you Finger Lakes/Western NY guys know of a local source

or does anyone have a good online/mail order dealer with reasonable shipping for a few boards?

Thanks
 
Try any boat building supply house near you. The premium on board foot pricing will counter balance additional shipping charges from lower priced boards from afar.
 
"Specialty Wood Dealer".....just the term sounds expensive. I think it's red cedar, but I found 1-by cedar boards at Lowes, not too expensively. I've been using it for tailboards. For a bottom board though, you will probably have to edge glue two pieces together. Another option might be white pine. Find some local sawmills (you won't find them in the yellow pages as many are small operations. Call your state's forestry department, they'll know). But sawmill lumber will be rough sawn, not planed. You might even stumble into a stack of 4" or 5" by 8" white pine with few knots that will be very carveable at a sawmill.

As for keels, a while back Pete Revicki was showing me and some other guys one of his amazing black duck creations in progress, and he used Tiger Maple for the keel....that was sweet. Any lumber yard should have planed "5/4" yellow pine boards. Works pretty good for a keel.

Jim
 
thanks Craig - I will give him a call


"specialty wood dealer" is what any shop selling hardwoods to wood workers calls themselves around here- prices are not bad and you can walk in a buy just about any plain or fancy wood for projects big and small

except white cedar lol


and I know of no boat building supply shops -nothing in the yellow pages or a search- but thanks for the idea - I will ask some of the canoe restoration guys- the is mostly red cedar


I did the heads out of white pine- but really wanted something better suited to water for the bottom

thanks all
 
Mr. Rick L
I'm in buffalo, no one here has white cedar, western red or spanish is what I've found so far. Lots of basswood, popular and hemlock.
 
Rick~

Cypress is in the cedar family - rot resistant and fairly light. I get mine from a particular Curtis Lumber store that carries a wide selection of woods.

All the best,

SJS
 
Rick, Condon lumber in White Plains NY. used to be a specialty marine lumber source. I am not sure if they still exist. Atlantic White cedar or Juniper is the southern version of white cedar, we buy a lot from Redwood Bay lumber in Blountstown Fl. Forty years or so ago I bandsawed out a bunch of Broadbill heads for one of John Verbekes pals out of a big slab of Sugar Pine. It was a bit pricey back then, I am sure the price has not gone down since. Rich
 
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