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   forestgirl | Jan 05, 2006 10:29am | #1

   I would love to have any kind of cypress in my lumber stack!  Unfortunately, I live on the opposite coast.  I would encourage you (and her) to hang in there until you get some replies, and go to other WWing forums if no one here speaks up.

   Hmmmmmmm, just remembered, we have a Knots member (or maybe ex-member; haven't heard from her in awhile) who lives in Florida and does custom furniture work.  She might be able to fill you in.  I'll see if I can find her email, and send here the link to your post.

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
   Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   HWG | Jan 14, 2006 12:23am | #2

   Forestgirl,

   Allison is in Tampa, as I recall, not too far from Gainesville.  I had a friend in Texas that had a wall paneled this this years ago.  I loved the look, but from I recall it had almost no structural integrity -- it was basically rotted!  It was sold strictly as a decorative finish.  She might be just the one to put it to use.

   We have lots of  cypress here in Louisiana, where I am now, but I haven't worked any of it.  Heard lots of good things about, plan to give it a try.  Would love to try the "sinkers" that have spent the last century under water.

    Woody

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   forestgirl | Jan 15, 2006 09:12pm | #3

   Oh, cr_p I dropped the ball on that one, forgot to get her email addy.  I guess since we haven't heard from the OP, maybe it's a moot point?forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   ZABO | Jan 17, 2006 09:29pm | #5

   Woody

   I see you live in Covington, I live in Lafayette. There is a very good supplier of Sinker Cypress right down the road from you in Ponchatoula, I don't recall the name of the place but it shouldn't be hard to find it's a small town. You might know of the place already. Sinker Cypress is beautiful stuff but quite pricey. I have used it and enjoy working with it. Also I use a lot of salvaged stuff which is getting harder & harder to find. Some old houses and barns are full of it but most farmers and land owners have discovered the value of it and it's becoming scarce. I have a pretty good supply of old stuff and pecky stuff also which I won't sell or give away, Ha. So my advice is if anyone has any of this stuff, hold on to it or sell it at a good price.

   ZABO

   Edited 1/17/2006 1:32 pm ET by ZABO

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   BG | Jan 15, 2006 11:53pm | #4

   Budsarah,
   I thought I remember a TOH episode where they said only recycled Pecky was available....and in high demand...

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   table42 | Jan 20, 2006 02:55am | #6

   run a search in this forum and you'll find threads and some pictures of use of pecky cypress.  i was at my local sawmill today (washington, nc) and found a lot of it in his "low grade" shed.