Howzit surfding, Great idea except the county is not so hot on the idea of growing some types of trees. They are very adamant about planting non native plants and trees which might be harmful to the delicate environment. There are a couple of people growing groves of Mahogany and other species and the county has kept their eyes on them. Since the sugar plantations went out of business we have thousands of acres of land that are going to weeds and should be used. There is a huge movement to not grow invasive species so I’m not sure your idea would fly with the county but it’s still a great idea. We do have a lot of Hau Bush growing wild and it’s real close to balsa and has been used in board building for years.Aloha,Kokua
Kind of like the sycamour trees on the big island and the Iron wood Pine trees on Kauai. But that would be pretty killer if we could get a grove of Koa wood going. Don’t know how fast that tree grows.
fck this threads still here
theyd be at least 7 ft by now
you fellas should use fir
quarter sawn and well dried
or pine or cedar
for a compsand, it’s easy to swap in more readily available woods considering the thicknesses
that we are working in.
for chambering…not so easy.
Had to jump in here. First off, If I had land, I would be growing trees. But since I’m in a tiny box in LA, I try to look into carbon emissions from time to time. You know, wood on a container ship is relatively low emissions compared to wood in a truck being shipped cross country.
Ever seen the US wine line? If you live in the eastern half of the country, the emissions on a bottle of wine are lower if you get it shipped in from Europe vs driven in from California. Crazy, I know. The only thing dirtier than truck transport is air freight.
It’s hard to do the ‘right thing’, even when you’re trying hard. Good luck with your board. What kind of finish were you thinking of applying?
Pat
Hi Pat,
my project is delayed, I’ve got stuff that needs to be taken care of right now, so, everything’s on hold.
However, I’ve kind of decided of going with Poplar anyway, which is easily available everywhere, and pretty cheap, and it’s widely used as a core in snowboard manufacturing because of it’s “exceptional flex characteristics”, therefore it sounds like a good fit.
it’s a little heavier than Paulownia, but still lighter than most other woods.
I’ll let you know if I get going.
so properly used poplar is popular then
who was your east coast supplier? I want to go ahead and make one
I see what you did there…
yeah i rekon theyd be at least 4ft high by now
paul owns paulownia surboards