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Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / February 2007What is the wood Cyparis better known as ?
Hi Chaps, Question as title : I've bought some Cyparis from Phil's models and I tried to look it up in dictionary.com and also wikipedia but no joy :-(. Anyone know what other names this wood is called by and how exactly it's properties compare with balsa / spruce / basswood etc ? Many thanks,  SignatureBoo >Hi Chaps, > >Question as title : I've bought some Cyparis from Phil's models and I tried to >look it up in dictionary.com and also wikipedia but no joy :-(. Anyone know >what other names this wood is called by and how exactly it's properties compare >with balsa / spruce / basswood etc ? White cedar? http://dict.die.net/chamaecyparis%20sphaeroidea/ Marty SignatureBig-8 newsgroups: humanities.*, misc.*, news.*, rec.*, sci.*, soc.*, talk.* See http://www.big-8.org for info on how to add or remove newsgroups. > Cyparis White cedar (Bot.), an evergreen tree of North America (Thuja occidentalis), also the related Cupressus thyoides, or Cham[ae]cyparis sph[ae]roidea, a slender evergreen conifer which grows in the so-called cedar swamps of the Northern and Atlantic States. Both are much valued for their durable timber. In California the name is given to the Libocedrus decurrens, the timber of which is also useful, though often subject to dry rot. --Goodale. The white cedar of Demerara, Guiana, etc., is a lofty tree (Icica, or Bursera, altissima) whose fragrant wood is used for canoes and cabinetwork, as it is not attacked by insect. | Hi Chaps, | [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] | | Many thanks, Cyparis or Cypress wood?? http://www.cedarwoodfurniture.com/cedarfacts.html SignatureJarhead Hi Boo, Is it possible that you *and* Phil are talking about Cypress? It's a wood commonly used in wood boatbuilding > Hi Chaps, > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Many thanks, Thanks all for the answers, SignatureBoo >Thanks all for the answers, You're most welcome! Let us know how things turn out. ;o) Marty SignatureBig-8 newsgroups: humanities.*, misc.*, news.*, rec.*, sci.*, soc.*, talk.* See http://www.big-8.org for info on how to add or remove newsgroups. |
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