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Turkey Calls => Pot Calls Forum => Topic started by: AT on June 07, 2019, 08:42:13 AM

Title: White Cedar
Post by: AT on June 07, 2019, 08:42:13 AM
Has any of the call makers used whit cedar for pots? White cedar was used for power poles back in the 40's and 50's I believe.
Title: Re: White Cedar
Post by: JLH on June 07, 2019, 09:08:20 AM
Seems way too soft....only has a janka hardness of 320.

Eastern cedar is soft stuff, but its twice as hard as white.
Title: Re: White Cedar
Post by: AT on June 07, 2019, 09:19:38 AM
It is pretty soft.
Title: Re: White Cedar
Post by: Spitten and drummen on June 08, 2019, 01:22:59 PM
Too soft.
Title: Re: White Cedar
Post by: M,Yingling on June 09, 2019, 04:05:52 PM
 I got a couple slabs 2ft across was cut from the old poles ,, it may be soft but iam sure iit would make for a killer mellow  gray slate ( which u dont see to much of these days ),, just got match a surface to wood
Title: Re: White Cedar
Post by: AT on June 09, 2019, 09:28:12 PM
 Since I work for a power company I figured it would be pretty neat having one made out of a power pole. I knew it was a pretty soft wood though.
Title: Re: White Cedar
Post by: ridgerunner on June 10, 2019, 02:09:57 PM
if you stabilized it, it may do ok.
Title: Re: White Cedar
Post by: outdoors on June 10, 2019, 04:31:14 PM
Quote from: AT on June 09, 2019, 09:28:12 PM
Since I work for a power company I figured it would be pretty neat having one made out of a power pole. I knew it was a pretty soft wood though.
Aren't the polls  pressure treated with chemicals
Title: Re: White Cedar
Post by: AT on June 10, 2019, 08:17:31 PM
To my knowledge the white cedar polls wasn't. The newer type are treated with creosote. These cedar polls was used back in the 40's and 50's or that's what some of the date nails says.