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| Author: | Blain [ Wed Jun 13, 2007 3:18 pm ] |
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A friend and I just cleared out a lot of cedar trees on his deer lease and I was wondering if I could use any of the wood to build guitars. I was thinking of letting the wood dry out for a year or so and then maybe use it for bracing. The trees are all around 3-4 inches in diameter. Any other suggestions of what I could use them for? |
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| Author: | KenH [ Wed Jun 13, 2007 3:28 pm ] |
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what kind of cedar? |
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| Author: | Blain [ Wed Jun 13, 2007 3:42 pm ] |
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It's a native Cedar tree to Central Texas. cypress-juniper (Cupressaceae) family, the Mountain Cedar, Juniperus ashei (also called Juniperus sabinoides or Juniperus mexicana. Not sure if this will mean anything... |
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| Author: | KenH [ Wed Jun 13, 2007 3:47 pm ] |
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If thiose were larger trees, they would make excellent tops. With the tree only being 3 to 4 inches in diameter, brace stock sounds like what it might be destined for. If you could find some of it that is knot free, maybe making some part of a laminated neck?? They make excellent fence posts... |
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| Author: | Blain [ Wed Jun 13, 2007 4:21 pm ] |
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Thanks for the ideas. I hadn't thought about trying to use it for a laminated neck, but now that you mention it, I'll have to see if any of it might work for that. I had also thought about possibly making kerfing, but I haven't made it before so not real sure how tedious of a task that would be. There are also some larger trees out there as well so maybe I can find one that might be worthy of making some tops. They do make excellent fence posts. I've seen some made into nice rocking chairs and other furniture where they basically just stripped the bark off and it had a nice "rustic" look. |
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| Author: | Michael Dale Payne [ Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:22 am ] |
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Drying is a long term issue. Knowing the trees of which you speak brace stock is probably all you will get out of them, and not likely very good brace stock. but one good use is to cut wet into many 2 x 4 x 6 and place on the floor near walls and doors are good for about 3 weeks of bug repellent. These trees don't grow big enough diameter to render tops. |
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| Author: | Barry Daniels [ Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:37 am ] |
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3 to 4" diameter is not even big enough for bracing. Sounds like mulch to me. |
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| Author: | Bruce Dickey [ Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:30 am ] |
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fence posts..... turkey calls... lining closets... hope chests... typical uses |
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| Author: | Wayne Clark [ Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:07 am ] |
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Some of the trees I've cut down have some interesting sapwood / heartwood patterns. If I had a bandsaw I'd see how it might look as a headplate or something. |
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| Author: | russ [ Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:06 pm ] |
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Kerfed lining? |
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