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10-14-2008, 08:21 PM
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Hernia Pikie Maker
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: e. prov r.i.
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spainish ceder
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...  |
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10-15-2008, 06:23 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Marblehead, MA
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Turns nice, but the dust is nasty!
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10-15-2008, 06:59 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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Smells the Nuts when turning it.......
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10-15-2008, 07:10 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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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.
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10-15-2008, 10:35 AM
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Hernia Pikie Maker
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: e. prov r.i.
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thanks everyone
I sealed it yesterday...poked around on the net, I guess it is a mahogany...I'll turn the rest outside  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 |
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10-15-2008, 11:57 AM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
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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.
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10-15-2008, 11:58 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Marblehead, MA
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I really like sugar pine, but the stuff is insanely expensive!
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10-15-2008, 12:45 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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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.
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10-15-2008, 03:23 PM
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M.S.B.A.
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: I live in the Villiage of Hyannis in the Town of Barnstable in the Commonwealth of MA
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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.
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10-15-2008, 05:06 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: some where on the water
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BasicPatrick, I always have one while fishin, Im taking 6 w/me to the vineyard friday.
GOOD LUCK GOOD PLUGGIN  |
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10-15-2008, 05:51 PM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
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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/
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10-17-2008, 10:03 AM
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Keep The Change
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Road to Serfdom
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White Pine anyone?
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10-17-2008, 10:06 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Marblehead, MA
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How about AYC AND Spanish Cedar?
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10-18-2008, 10:27 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Worcester MA
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Spanish Cedar
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Originally Posted by stripercrazy
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... |
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. |
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10-19-2008, 06:52 AM
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Hernia Pikie Maker
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: e. prov r.i.
Posts: 1,176
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thanks again
please pm me your address so I can send ya some stuff  |
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10-19-2008, 02:09 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Connecticut/Rhody Shore
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i got some too from the plug bash. and turned nice and is good with the duplicator too. i love it.
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