sitka spruce

Alaska has a lot of "Alaskan Yellow Cedar" --lookitup--it is about 10%
heavier,
stronger all properties right across the board--This is a beautiful wood, I
have
built boats out of it, They call it "yellow" because ,even though it is
white when worked, if you seal it it turns a pale yellow.. there are
thousands of them dead
and still standing plus some live--but they are scattered about & you would
either have to boat, chopper or blimp them to the mill---The dead wood is
every bit as good as the growing, sometimes slightly better. Sumbody up
there otta look
into it..Jerry

Del Rawlins wrote:

In Ron Webb wrote:

I live in Fairbanks, Alaska. Up here there are literally 10's of
thousands of square miles of old growth black spruce forests. Really
slow growing, tight grained wood that HAS to be tougher'n HELL. I've
often wondered if there might be a market for it.

Those are also tiny little things covered with branches (read: knots).
I shudder at the thought of how many pieces you would have to scarf
together to make anything useable. Another reason why the old growth
sitka spruce and doug fir make good aircraft structure is fewer branches
on the lower part of the trunk, which is more likely to develop under a
high canopy.

Wood is a great building material and I've enjoyed using it to make a
couple boats. For my airplane I'd rather have all metal structure just
for the consistency of the material.

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