Re: [bolger] Re: Good Wood

My Father , who was a master shipwright used nothing but weldwood on masts.
He took great pride in the fact that none of his masts never came down (San
Francisco Bay). I know some that were on the same boat for 30 yrs. High
quality wood, LOTS of clamps, very close joints. Most of the spars were
boxes as I remember.

HJ in Juneau , where spruce is a weed. (Good weed though).

> One additonal
> thought, since like me you live in the hot climes, I would avoid
> laminating with Weldwood Plastic Resin glue. Maybe I'm using it
> wrong,
> but I've had two different varnished masts delaminate with that. No
> problems with epoxy or Titebond II.
>
> Gary Blankenship
> Tallahassee, FL
>
> --- Inbolger@egroups.com, chris@b... wrote:
> > Hello Group,
> >
> > I'm still in the early stages of my restoration project sanding,
> > patching, and acquiring supplies.
> > I live in the burbs of Dallas Texas, and can't seem to get my
> > hands
> > on "good wood".
> > Payson calls for the use of Spruce or Fur as Tiny Cat's
> > 15'4" mast.
> > My Pop originally used pine and it eventually failed (more like
> > snapped).
> > What I'm looking for is 4x4x16 clear tight grained stock.
> > I have called about and found no spruce, and limited fur.
> > The fur they had in 4x4 was of very poor quality.
> > The best candidate is a 6x6x17 fur, seems like an excessive waste
> of
> > good wood?
> >
> > Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > -Chris
>
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