Has anyone made scales of cedar? or Have any pros & cons about it ? :confused:
Thanks for any input.
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Has anyone made scales of cedar? or Have any pros & cons about it ? :confused:
Thanks for any input.
What kind of cedar?
+1 to everything Dan said. It does help if you use stabilized wood, though....more like working with a hardwood..no...a cedar-colored block o acrylic.
What are you planning to make?
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Bk,
Right now i'm making a display rack for the razors. Then was wondering if it could be used for scales
I made these from Spanish Cedar. The wood is very light and easy to work. I finished them with 5 coats of polyurethane and sanded with 1000 grit paper between coats. Final hand waxing after the last coat was dry.
I made a set of scales out of closet lining as a first try. I finished it with epoxy resin and they came out fairly well. I'll post some pictures tonight.
Just to clarify things, in my first reply I assumed we're talking about north american varieties of the Chamaecyparis family, which are commonly known as "cedar" but are, in fact, not true cedars. True cedars are of the Cedrus family and are expensive and not used to line closets. Either way, the properties are almost the same.
Exotic types of "cedar" may be more suitable, since they are more dense, less brittle and far less resinous.