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   Dale | Aug 26, 2002 06:22am | #1

   Eastern cottonwood, P. deltoides is general used as a secondary wood in upholstery furniture.  I had a 38" dbh cottonwood quarter-sawn, 1 x 8", and used it for paneling in my shop, got 1100 feet out of that sucker.  Lost less than 2% to warpage, had 10-15% fuzzy surface.  My biggest complaint was it bogged down my planer and TS, still have not figured that one out.  Since it's a family tree I'd have it sawn up and build something(s) with it.

   Have fun,

   Dale

   
   

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   Edited 8/25/2002 11:24:27 PM ET by Dale

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   RW | Sep 21, 2002 05:20am | #2

   Actually have seen that done, tho IMHO I wouldn't park any high hopes on stain & finish. It's real soft stuff, and the dressers I saw were mass produced out of cottonwood for the low end market and definately intended for a paint job. They did, however, appear fairly clear, which you won't have with non graded off the saw lumber, but have a whack at it. You could probably turn out a profit making kids nick nack shelves or something with it. Round here the lumber buyers cut them down for pallets. Of course, they cut three trees last year, so now Nebraska only has two trees left.