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Alaskan Yellow Cedar

Straight grain, sometimes wavy, uniform medium to fine texture. Heartwood is light yellow, sapwood whitish/pale yellow. Color darkens with age with exposure to light. High rot and insect resistance.

Grades:

  • VG
  • MG
  • CVG
  • C/Btr

Available Dimensions:

  • 4/4 x 4”
  • 4/4 x 6”
  • 8/4 x 4”

aPPLICATIONS:

Carving, boatbuilding, siding, flooring, decking, outdoor furniture, musical instruments, boxes, chests

ALSO CONSIDER

Eastern White Pine

  • C/Btr
  • D/Btr
  • SEL/Btr
  • +1
Grain is straight with an even, medium texture. Heartwood is a light brown, sometimes with a slightly reddish hue, sapwood is pale yellow to nearly white. Color tends to darken with age. Moderate to low rot resistance. Easy to work with both hand and machine tools, glues and finishes well.

Thickness:

  • 4/4
  • 5/4
  • +1

White Oak

  • FAS
  • Rustic
  • Rift
  • +3
Grain is straight, with a coarse, uneven texture. Heartwood is a light to medium brown, commonly with an olive cast. Paler sapwood is not always sharply demarcated from the heartwood. Quartersawn sections display prominent ray fleck patterns. Produces good results with hand and machine tools, though it has fairly high shrinkage values, resulting in mediocre dimensional stability, especially in flat sawn boards. Rot resistant.

Thickness:

  • 4/4
  • 6/4
  • +3

Yellow Birch

  • SEL/Btr
Straight or slightly wavy grain, fine even texture, heartwood light reddish brown with almost white sapwood. Not rot resistant and susceptible to insect attack. Easy to work with hand and machine tools, turns, glues and finishes well.

Thickness:

  • 4/4

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