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   wbfinewoodworking | Mar 09, 2010 11:02am | #1

   Curly redwood is still available in the West. I sometimes find some curly redwood boards even at Lowe's.  It's very beautiful wood. Unfortunately even here good redwood is becoming rarer. Most of the stuff they sell today isn't even red.

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   RalphBarker | Mar 09, 2010 12:23pm | #2

   "good redwood is becoming

   "good redwood is becoming rarer"

   Alas, our desire for good redwood far outstrips the forest's ability to produce it.  And, a commercial redwood "farm" would require too much patience.

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   dduchi | Mar 10, 2010 06:02pm | #5

   actually ralph good redwood is still out there in mass quantities.  The problem is that there are a limited number of mills that are cutting it.  If you know anything about california you know that it is near impossible to harvest a tree any where in the state. 

   Beautiful picture by the way.   Curly Redwood,  Short grain Redwood,  Tiger Stripe Redwood.  All are the same name and actually more common than you might think.

   thanks

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   idahoknotty | Mar 09, 2010 09:02pm | #3

   The wood was behind the "redwood curtain" on the coast of california in Arcata.  The wood came from sawyer who saved the figured boards over the period of a bunch of years.  Curly redwood is available locally there in small quantities.  Unfortunately, I had flown in for business and was on a tight schedule...

   Cheers,

   Chris C.

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   Troy | Mar 10, 2010 02:01am | #4

   Very neat, I saved a redwood 2x6 that had currly figure the entire length when the contractor I was working with riped it into 2x3's it bowed so much that he could not use it.  I saved it and used it for small projects.  The wood was about twice as heavy as the other con heart  redwood we where using.  On another note a house hear in Alameda that was for sale had all of the interior trim, wainscotting and stair rails made out of currly redwood.  The house had been built in the late 1890's early 1900's by the owner of a large lumber company and he had the saw mill save all the currly redwood for the trim in his house.  Very neat stuf to say the least.

   Troy