Stringer Wood

[GAWnCA]

What type of wood is best for replacing stringers. Also, is it a good idea to build flooring from the stringers out for anchoring seating to?
Thanks,
Greg

[Wicked Performance Boats]

Will be fine. You can glass in flooring outside the stringers but I wouldn't. Just make a brace to bolt to the stringer. Pat

[GAWnCA]

Will be fine. You can glass in flooring outside the stringers but I wouldn't. Just make a brace to bolt to the stringer. Pat
Now to find Kiln dried Doug Fir. Most lumber is so wet it'll spit at you. Thanks, Greg

[Jetaholic]

Have you ever tried morning wood? I hear that stuff's da shit!

[Cas]

Now to find Kiln dried Doug Fir. Most lumber is so wet it'll spit at you. Thanks, Greg
find rot where the motor mount bolts went through the stringers? With what you said about the heads of the bolts embedded into the stringers, it's not a surprise. I think I mentioned that to you that there may be rot there awhile back when you told me about the embedded heads.

[H20MOFO]

I Don't Know Jack. But I Would Have Thought Treated?

[napabob]

GAWnCA,
I wanted to use some Aqua Beam as listed on the Sanger Boat web site under 'CRAFTSMANSHIP' for 'Wood Construction'.
Sanger and Aqua Beam Plus did not want to sell me any.
http://www.affiliatedresources.net/s...beam_plus.html

[Amm]

Lots of information about wood for boatbuilding at glen-l.com
http://glen-l.com/wood-plywood/wp-index.html
Doug-Fir is probably what you want. Preferably vertical grain with no knots or shakes. Mahogany, white oak, or yellow pine would work well too. Use Sitka Spruce if you want maximum strength with the least amount of weight.
List of suppliers in CA
http://glen-l.com/resources/lumber-suppliers.html#CA

[napabob]

This is some more information I located as I was doing research for my Sanger restoration.
http://www.woodcarvers.com/woodinfo.htm
KILN DRIED VS AIR DRIED (MOISTURE CONTENT)
Dried wood falls into 2 categories: air dried and kiln dried. Quality, air dried wood has a moisture content between 12% and 20%, on average. This is wood which has been dried by exposure to air out of doors, or in an unheated shed for some length of time.
Kiln dried wood has been dried with artifical heat in a strictly controlled chamber.
Finish grades of kiln dried wood have a moisture content of 6% to 12%. Kiln dried wood tends to be softer than air [dried] because the kiln process stops the hardening process.
Air dried wood gets harder and harder the longer it is dried in the air. This is why furniture makers prefer air dried wood [that] has been drying for many years.
Carvers prefer kiln dried wood but thick wood dried in a kiln has some built-in problems.
Defects such as honeycombing, splitting and checking can occur. It is better to use glued up wood for larger projects. By using glued up wood, which is at least 2 layers laminated together with an adhesive so that all the grains are running essetially parallel, can greatly reduce the occurrence of such defects. An addition benefit of laminated wood is improved strength and stablitly.

[KonaJet74]

Get some "Clear" doug fir, some lumber yards have it. It's
expensive though, no knots etc. Piedmont lumber in Concord,Ca
by Walnut Creek carries it.