Thread: Taxodium Distichum

I got my hands on a log of Taxonium Distichum, American Swamp Cypress, some two years ago when we had it cut down from our front garden.
God knows why it had been growing in a Gosford NSW suburban garden for the last forty odd years. I believe Walter Burley Griffin planted a few in Canberra, but apart from that, I think it is limited to the Southern States of US of A.
Rather than let the tree fella take it, I sent it to the local sawmill to be sawn into 45/50mm planks which my little table saw could handle. I then stacked it on timber strips in my garage for two years to season.
I did use a bit this year to make a new seat for a mates dinghy. I seems ideal for this as it tolerates seawater soakings.
It is very easy to work, perhaps a bit too easy, but a nice yellow timber.
I believe it is described as a semi deciduous hardwood but even so, very soft.
I was a bit disappointed with the seasoning, as the planks have warped and certainly my plans for an American Rocker are not looking good. There are quite a few knots, which probably assisted the warping.
Anyone any ideas of how this timber could be used?
I have a few 350 x 45 x 2000 planks which perhaps could be straightened to something smaller in a good commercial planer and a few narrower planks in 50mm. Just looking for ideas. I am OK for hand electric gear, planers, sanders but only have a small table saw and looking for a decent router kit and perhaps a small planer table.