The smell that is released the color texture and softness of this wood make it fun and easy to work with.
Woodworking with cedar tips. Cutting into a nice piece of cedar is a joyous experience for a woodworker. Port orford cedar is very hard think oak smells great and is nice to work with. I refinished a cedar chest and built a new top for it using cedar. Yellow cedar ranges in color from creamy white to sulfur yellow with occasional dark streaks.
Even though it does have knots as long as they are small i didn t have any issues just sending them through the planer reallllly light cuts like 1 128 and then using the ros. I wouldn t use it for ground contact however and it does not like to take paint. If you want a clear finish on cedar outdoor projects such as furniture you ll. Most varieties of.
Although cedar works well for projects outside where it will be subjected to the elements it. The wood machines beautifully glues and stains well and develops a satiny sheen. Luthier s supply companies specialty hardwood dealers. Boatbuilders use it for decks railings and interior paneling.
Woodworking with cedar woodworking with cedar. A number of aromatic cedar varieties are available particularly spanish cedar typically from south. It is all of these enjoyable characteristics that lead to some of the challenges when designing a wood piece using cedar. There are pictures in my projects.
It is sort of waxy.