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23rd December 2021, 09:44 AM #1
uses for atlantic blue cedar
Hi
just taken down a large atlantic blue cedar...
what sort of things are the timber good for?
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24th December 2021, 01:23 PM #2
I had never heard of atlantic blue cedar, Hugh, but did a little research. Apparently it is also called Atlas cedar and its latin name is Cedrus atlantica. But I couldn't find anything useful on the timber of this species.
However, many authorities suggest the C Atlantica is actually a subspecies of C libani, the Cedar of Lebanon - the tree that features on the flag of Lebanon. There is a lot of available information on the Lebanese cedar.
Cedar of Lebanon | The Wood Database - Lumber Identification (Softwood)
However, common names and nursery names are notoriously variable. May I suggest that you research whether your tree is actually a Cedar of Lebanon and go from there.
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25th December 2021, 12:35 PM #3
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25th December 2021, 03:38 PM #4
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27th December 2021, 10:10 AM #5
Someone gave me a couple of boards of Atlantic cedar many years ago - I used it to make some (very) aromatic drawer-bottoms. The odour is powerful (stronger than camphor laurel) & persists for a very long time, so it needs to be the right context....
Cheers,IW
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27th December 2021, 11:32 PM #6Senior Member
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You can use cedrus atlantica for just about anything
This is a little shaker style table I made a couple of years back, mostly hand plane work.
Do not put Atlas Blue Cedar through a drum sander, the abrasive will just gum up.
It is really just fancy pine with a lot of aromatic oil in it.
The finish was homebrewed danish oil
The ACT Woodcraft Guild have about 30 slabs of it (1.6m * 300mm * 50mm) in the timber storage container. The Beginners seem to like it OK.
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28th December 2021, 05:37 PM #7Senior Member
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I dragged out a few slabs of cedrus atlantica today and machined them up for a bloke to do a clamp rack project. The photos give a fair representation of what it looks like straight off the machine. his stuff was cut about 2 years ago, air dried for a year, finish dried to10% in our solar kiln, then stored for the last 8 to10 months as 50mm thick slabs in a shipping container
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