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08-26-2009, 02:21 AM #1Senior Member
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Has anyone made scales of cedar? or Have any pros & cons about it ?
Thanks for any input.Consider where you will spend ETERNITY !!!!!!
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08-26-2009, 01:08 PM #2Senior Member
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Originally Posted by paco
Has anyone made scales of cedar? or Have any pros & cons about it ?
Thanks for any input.
- Readily available
- Nice smell
- Easy to work
- Natural water resistance
Cons:
- Lightweight
- Brittle (especially in direction of the grain)
- Can be difficult to finish with certain products
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What kind of cedar?
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08-26-2009, 01:37 PM #4Scale Maniac
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+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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08-26-2009, 01:51 PM #5Senior Member
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Don't realy know, it's from an old ceder closet that was so old the glue just gave way and am using the wood for different projects. Originally Posted by kevint
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What are you planning to make?[/QUOTE]
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Right now i'm making a display rack for the razors. Then was wondering if it could be used for scalesConsider where you will spend ETERNITY !!!!!!
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08-27-2009, 02:23 PM #7Razor honing maniac
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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.
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08-27-2009, 06:39 PM #8Senior Member
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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.
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08-27-2009, 10:05 PM #9Scale Maniac
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Originally Posted by turbine712
It is important, though, to note that Spanish Cedar is a hardwood.
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08-27-2009, 10:27 PM #10Senior Member
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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.
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