Obeche

[ryan_4z]

Anyone have a good source for Obeche under 3.50/bd ft? I found a place on line that delivers, just wondering if there is anything else out there better. Thanks.

[SAWYER]

Ryan, if you find some and want to split an order then PM me. I need to build one more CSH and a DMR. Thanks.

[DeanFHobart]

Obeche

Try............

http://www.advantagelumber.com/obeche.htm

[SAWYER]

If you go to that website and read the properties for the wood you begin to wonder why anyone would use it.

[Bill Huson]

I use o get obeche . . .

from Foreign & Domestic Hardwoods in Bowling Green, VA. They sold it rough, like 4 quarter, 5 quarter thick on up.

Have you tried Anchor Hardwoods in Wilmington, NC?

[Bill Huson]

I know!

If you go to that website and read the properties for the wood you begin to wonder why anyone would use it.

about 24 pounds a cubic foot. Balsa wood can get that dense. And easy to work with hand or power tools, takes glue well.

[Team B&H]

If you know the properties of the wood, it's nearly unfathomable why you might want to use anything else. Obeche is (relatively) light, stiff, inexpensive, virtually without knots and very even grain which works easily and it shatters on impact to keep damage localized rather than splitting. Disadvantages are the dust it makes when planing, not just shavings like other woods and possible allergic, breathing reactions to it. Wear a mask or have someone else plane it. Advantage is a good place although they have a minimum order size.

[Hydroglobe17J]

Ryan, dude you need a wood suppiler, your a boat builder...........

[bill boyes]

Be careful with Obeche. Many wood workers have become desensitized and have allergic reactions to the wood dust. Repair a Obeche and Epoxy built boat. Be extra careful. Many of you boat builders know this. Obeche is really easy to work with, Planes better than pine. Not really a problem building new boats. but repairs are another deal.
I do not have a source for Obeche here on the Left Coast so i use spruce.

[ryan_4z]

Try............

http://www.advantagelumber.com/obeche.htm

Thanks Dean. That is the place I found, and it says they have a place right here in NC. Looks like I found my source.

[14-H]

Alternative Construction Materials

Ryan: Use carbon fiber: it's much harder to break than wood...

although I seem to have found out how to break it at Millville. Lol. Eddie.

[Tim Weber]

I agree with Bill! I haven't worked with obeche but I have seen a lot of it shatter. I'm not so sure its' as impact resistant as spruce or white cedar.
Sure its' light but with the time and effort it takes to build a boat why not use a better material?

Tim

[Steve Warnock]

???????

Sitka Spruce!

Nuff Said!

Warbs

[Bill Huson]

Ya - Sitka rulz!

Sitka is the wood of choice for framing homebuilt aircraft because it is LIGHT and STRONG. Sitka is also expensive. Might be cheaper on the west coast but I was seeing close to $6 bd ft for Sitka a decade ago on the east coast. I switched to Obeche.

[wagner-racing16-s]

We use sitka and get it right out of public lumber in detriot.