Hello Again,I am in northwestern WI. I am looking for 20' x 3/4" redwood and
cedar. preferably 4" to 6" quarter cut. Thanks!

"Craig Steven Hanson" wrote in message
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I am in the process of building an Aleut Baidarka sea kayak. I got the
plans
from Nick Schade, considered an artist when it comes to building "crafts".
I
have the forms completed and I'm ready to start stripping the hull. I am
unable to find a place to purchase the wood from. I checked before I
started
this project and I was assured by three places that they could provide the
materials for me. So I did research the issue I am facing. Any assistance
would be greatly useful.
CSH

"Craig Steven Hanson" wrote in
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Hello Again,I am in northwestern WI. I am looking for 20' x 3/4"
redwood and cedar. preferably 4" to 6" quarter cut. Thanks!

I built a cedar strip Outer Island a couple of winters ago.
(http://caddis.mannlib.cornell.edu/pa...and/index.html)

Even though I live in a fairly small town one of the local lumber stores
carried WR cedar in lengths up to 20' and 10" wide. You may have to call
around a bit bit I find it hard to believe that you won't be able to find a
place to find your stock.

Even though I had 20' planks available I didn't buy them. I built my boat
in my basement and it just isn't big enough to rip strips from 20' long
stock (requiring a 40' long space). I used 12' long boards and except for
the accent stripes, which I scarfed, I used butt joints for the rest of the
boat. They're not really noticable until you get within a few feet of the
boat and my intention was to build a boat to be paddled, not a piece of
furniture. Even though I have a surface planer, and used it to even up the
thickness of the strips, it's not really necessary. Differences in
thickness in the strips will be taken care of when you plane/fair the hull.

"Craig Steven Hanson" wrote:
Hello Again,I am in northwestern WI. I am looking for 20' x 3/4" redwood and
cedar. preferably 4" to 6" quarter cut. Thanks!

It is often a lot easier to find and buy lengths shorter than 20 foot
and then scarf-join them together. Here in Dallas, Texas, I can
usually find relatively knot-free, color-matched, western red cedar
decking timber by picking through the stacks at stores such as Home
Depot and Lowe's.

I mostly buy 2"x8" decking timber in 12 foot lengths, rip it first
into 2"x4" and then rip those again to make 1"x4" that can be cut into
strips.

It can be very unwieldy to work with 20' lengths. Scarf joints are
barely visible if the strips from each board are kept separate and
then matched together.

http://www.outdoorplace.org/paddling/

John

John Caldeira
Dallas, Texas, USA
http://www.outdoorplace.org/