Cypress strips

IFM123 · Post by **IFM123** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:45 am

Has anyone used cypress to build a boat? I'm in KS and cedar has proven to be difficult to get. Oddly enough I can get cypress though and thought it would be a suitible wood to strip a guideboat out of.

frugal · Post by **frugal** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:57 am

I did a quick check on Google and found this

http://www.custommade.com/gallery/custo ... Canoe.html

Based on wood densities you're going to be adding about 40% to the weight.

pawistik · Post by **pawistik** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:39 pm

Use the "search" function here and you'll get a lot of information from other posts on the subject.
Cheers,
Bryan

IFM123 · Post by **IFM123** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 9:58 am

Thanks for the info. I had considered the density differences and thought I would mill the strips to 3/16 to save some weight. I'm still trying to find a local source of WRC and have had limited success. I figured the cypress is locally available and would make a decent looking boat

Also, i didn't realize there was a seach function. Thanks for pointing that out!

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