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Zeusdog

10-08-2007 18:23:18

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Peter in Covington. LA and OKDad,

Sorry I hadn't got the pic, just now figerin that out and setting up the account at photobucket. Also been a little sporatic on the puter lately, been catchin too may bugs on the windsheild.
Should have a pic by end of week when I get back to the desktop. Peter, youre right, this cypress came out of the slough in NE Arkansas where daddy lives. Guy down the road cuts it next to the Black river and gets it from some of the sloughs around there including one of my uncles. I even cut a few knees now and then and made a couple of clocks with the build 50.
Robin still sells the ruff stuff pretty cheap if yur intrested.

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Zeusdog

10-09-2007 20:15:52

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Re: OT: Cypress followup in reply to Zeusdog, 10-08-2007 18:23:18

I've got to get the pics online soon, you may not really have seen what I'm talking about unless by tiny you mean up to 1" diameter and always following the grain. Robin and some others swear it aint worms. I cant dismiss that entirly as they don't have any other explanation.

Supposed to leave the valley tommorrow so hopefully I'll be back home tomorow nite. Try to get pics posted.

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Zeusdog

10-08-2007 23:29:32

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Re: OT: Cypress followup in reply to Zeusdog, 10-08-2007 18:23:18

Up around the Black River, there's several areas where the river basicaly cut itself off in the turns. Shirey bay and Tucker bay are just some of those areas. A few more have filled in so much I've actually seen them dry up a couple of years. The farmers try fillin them in during those times by knocking trees into them. alot of those are the cypress trees. Dad is near Hoxie / Walnut Ridge area west of Jonesboro. He also said theres a place in Newport that cuts cypress as well, but theyre more than the $50 per 100bf you can get from Robin, but they are more consistant cuts. All in all, it's still cheap wood up there and most of them Robin cuts have stood in the water all their lives.

Have you ever seen the pecky cypress? I'm not sure how it gets that way and Robin says you cant tell untill the first cuts if the tree is pecky or not. As soon as I get back home, I'll try to post one of those pics as well, I got maybe 50 or 60bf of it left. Makes some interesting stuff.

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Peter, Covington, LA

10-09-2007 08:14:08

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Re: OT: Cypress followup in reply to Zeusdog, 10-08-2007 23:29:32

As I understand it, "Pecky" cypress is worm-eaten. The tiny holes add some character.

When I was working at the Episcopal Conference Center, a member of the Board made a Tabernacle for our Chapel. He used some old Cypress, and he fitted and jointed it so well that there is not one fastener of any kind in it. He put a wonderful delicate cross on top, which he made by planing several different-colored pieces to very thin and gluing them together crosswise, making a cypress plywood, so he could cut the delicate pattern and it would be strong. In addition, he used some "burl" which he tells me is from the stump of the tree, to make the panel of the door. The whole thing was finished with Briwax, which is colored wax, and I have to tell you it is the most beautiful piece of hand-craft I have ever seen.

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diverjeff

10-08-2007 20:23:52

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Re: OT: Cypress followup in reply to Zeusdog, 10-08-2007 18:23:18

Hey Zeus,

I thought the only sloughs in Arkansas existed east and south of Conway. Lake Chicot has a bunch of said trees.

I"d love to buy some cypress to make a couple of lounge chairs like we used in Florida. Can"t wait to see some pictures.

If the Corp of Engineers would allow, there is a TREMENDOUS number of preserved trees below the thermocline in Lake Ouachita. Wonder what an oak tree that"s been under water for 70 years might look like milled down?

Safety & blue skies,

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