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03-25-2006, 07:32 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 21
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i am new here and just curious if anyone has tried tamarack or black locust lure building. i was told black locust make the best fence post, they last a long time.dont know if this applies to lures also .
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03-25-2006, 07:52 AM
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Tackle Junkie
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Scotts Valley , California
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I've never tried turning Black Locust but it does resist rotting . The telephone company (Ma Bell) used Black Locust to make the wooden spindles that the glass insulators screwed onto .
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03-25-2006, 09:06 AM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
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I think both are kind of stringy and won't turn well. I don't think rotting is a problem.
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03-25-2006, 09:48 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
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A black locust fencepost lasts about a week less than a granite one. I think that if you seal your plugs, rot isn't a problem. If they work right , they're pretty much toast after a season anyway.
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03-25-2006, 11:24 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 21
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thanks for the replys, maybe i try some cedar or basswood first..
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03-25-2006, 08:11 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: whaling city
Posts: 302
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I think the tamarack has the twisted grain not the best to turn.
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03-28-2006, 12:52 PM
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Professional dumba$$
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: New Bedford Ma
Posts: 541
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It'll be hard to stick the paint to locust not sure about tamarack. Locust would make a great bluefish bomb since the paints gonna get destroyed anyways.
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03-28-2006, 04:57 PM
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Registered Grandpa
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: east coast
Posts: 8,592
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by Backbeach Jake
A black locust fencepost lasts about a week less than a granite one.
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Ya got that right Fred.   I have one i saved from my uncles farm in my garden that is over 100 years old with still no sign of rot.  |
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03-31-2006, 05:33 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Wareham-Cape-Islands
Posts: 44
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Cedar
I use cedar deck railings 1.5x1.5 x 36" from Lowes--cheep$$- I think they should last me and then my boys before the rot away.
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