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   furnituremaker | Jan 22, 2007 04:05pm | #1

   Hi Ken,

   I am not that knowledgeable on Southern Yellow Pine but according to "World Woods in Color" by William A Lincoln  different names for  Southern Yellow Pine are:

   • Florida Longleaf
   • Yellow Pine
   • Georgia Yellow Pine
   • Slash Pine
   • Gulf Coast Pitch Pine
   • Longleaf Pitch Pine
   • Longleaf Yellow Pine
   • Southern Yellow Pine
   • Southern Pine
   • American Pitch Pine

   As far as the availability of Cyprus -  sorry I don't know on this one - I am in Seattle and don't recall seeing it available here.

   Darrell

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   Kenne | Jan 22, 2007 05:55pm | #2

   Thanks for the info. Now I have several a.k.a.'s to watch for. I appreaciate your help. 

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   ErnestBeslin | Jan 24, 2007 09:00pm | #3

   Souther Yellow Pine (SYP) can be from any number of species that (theoretically) are harvested in the southeast U.S.  It's a lumber dealer kind of name.

   Cyprus I think maybe you're looking for cypress (baldcypress, Taxodium distichum) which we harvest in the great Louisiana swamp of the Atchafalaya River Basin. This is what I make 90 per cent of my furniture with. It is a beautiful wood, but difficult to work because of gnarly grain and extreme variations in hardness, probably from as hard as oak to as soft as basswood in the same board sometimes.

   To order it just search the net. There are lots of suppliers out there. The price ranges from $4 to $16 / bf. Just be sure you get "sinker" or old growth, not recently logged trees. The lumber from the new trees is very poor quality.

   Hope this helps.

    

   Ernie