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Poplar plywood
On 24 Sep 2003 18:57:09 -0700, (Backyard
Renegade) wrote:
"Jacques Mertens" wrote in message . ..
We are talking about two different things.
The plywood we are testing is not a buck a truckload, it is not plain cheap
wood.
Poplar is poplar is poplar.
Well, no it isn't. The North American wood (Liriodendron tulipifera)
called variously yellow poplar, tulip poplar or tulipwood is neither a
poplar, nor a tulip. True poplars are in the Populus genus, and
include basalm poplar, cottonwood, swamp poplar, and some other
species, all of which are not very strong and not rot resistant.
Yellow poplar is heavier and stronger.
The Spanish-made plywood to which Jacques is referring is from another
species of the genus Populus. Poplars are grown widely throughout
Europe for use in construction lumber, furniture, and veneers. Poplar
plywood is popular because the logs peel well, and have few surface
defects. It looks nice.
This doesn't mean that any wood called poplar is suitable for boat
building, it just means that some woods called "poplar" are no more
"poplar" than Philippine "mahogany" is a mahogany. It turns out that
yellow poplar and true poplars are both not rot resistant, but only
one is really poplar.
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- Rick Tyler
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