turned a plug yesterday...turned nice but different maybe harder but dry...seems to be same weight as ayc..just wondering what you guys think about it? the grains remind me of mahogany...I got it off l'slugo at the plug thing saterday...:kewl:

Turns nice, but the dust is nasty!

Smells the Nuts when turning it.......

It is more of a mahogany than a cedar

sometimes I'll find a board of it that is half the weight of the others and I put it aside for plugs. The heavier stuff is good for needles. The only thing is the open grain pores are noticible, they can be filled but the fish won't care.

I sealed it yesterday...poked around on the net, I guess it is a mahogany...I'll turn the rest outside:cheers:hopely I'll fish it this weekend and see how it floats as a surface swimer...after I cut everything up I got a milkcrate full some 3x3 for big pikies...if it floats like ayc I'm all set...thanks ed

If I was looking to buy a wood that was equal in density and workability to AYC, I would try Ponderosa Pine. But spanish cedar works fine. At least some species that are called that.

I really like sugar pine, but the stuff is insanely expensive!

Sugar pine is real nice. I have quite a bit but I just can't use it as it is getting harder to find and tres expensive. This stuff is probably at least 30 years old.

Hey guys...my other love is seeegarrs and beleive it or not my cigar collection rivals my plug collection.

Most wood called "spanish cedar" sold in the US is actually "honduran mahogany". True "spanish cedar" trees are protected. The reason the retailers can sell under the "spanish cedar" moniker is that the two trees are genetically the same, just grown in different climates/geographical locations.

Be careful of the dust when turning...it can get you very very sick.

BasicPatrick, I always have one while fishin, Im taking 6 w/me to the vineyard friday.
GOOD LUCK GOOD PLUGGIN:smokin:

I get Spanish cedar sills when I do exterior sill replacements or a dutchman repair. So I have some cutoffs saved. The dust is nasty, almost a silica that is so fine it stays airborne a long time, so wear a mask! It does smell like the humador wood.

As for sugar pine, check out the old yard sale chairs at the end of the day, and the dump or swap sheds...... Some nice wood in those old pieces/

White Pine anyone?

How about AYC AND Spanish Cedar?

turned a plug yesterday...turned nice but different maybe harder but dry...seems to be same weight as ayc..just wondering what you guys think about it? the grains remind me of mahogany...I got it off l'slugo at the plug thing saterday...:kewl:
Stripercrazy it was me you got the Spanish Cedar from as others mentioned some pieces are denser than others and you may want to be selective in regards to which piece you use depending what you want for plug weight.

please pm me your address so I can send ya some stuff:hee:

i got some too from the plug bash. and turned nice and is good with the duplicator too. i love it.