Re: [Paddlewise] Greenland Paddle Deemed A Relic By Scottish Expert

From: John Fereira <jaf30_at_cornell.edu>
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 06:46:21 -0500
At 08:53 PM 11/7/2006, Dave Kruger wrote:
>Craig Jungers wrote:
>>Well I finally decided to take a serious look at building a Greenland
>>paddle and stopped off at my local Home Depot. The only cedar they have
>>is tongue-and-groove for paneling a wall. I suppose I could laminate
>>it.....
>
>Any decent lumber yard should have CVG cedar, albeit at a premium.  Home
>Depot is not a decent lumber source.  There are four different independent
>lumber outfits out here in this small population Oregon county, and they
>all have CVG western red cedar.  I suspect that is a regional 
>preference, though, Craig, because we use the stuff to restore old houses.

I found the same challenge trying to find WR Cedar for my strip built 
kayak.  We have three big box stores that sell lumber (Home Depot, 
Lowes, 84) and none of them carried cedar planks.  I went to a local 
lumber/hardware store and they had lot of it, in lengths up to 
20'.  I really didn't expect to find it here because we're so far east.
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