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Spanish Cedar questions.
KingoftheCove
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I'm planning Bucketidor #2, which will be designed to hold bundles, mazos and loose sticks.
I'd like to line the inside of the bucket with Spanish cedar
There's "Spanish cedar" available (left-overs, odd cuts, etc.) on eBay, and some of the pieces look like they would be perfect for my idea.
I contacted one of these sellers and asked him about the cedar, and he said it was Spanish cedar, but, that it did have a strong odor.
So my questions are:
1) Are there different kinds of Spanish Cedar?
2) Could it be that the Spanish cedar on eBay is "new" wood, and thus has more of an odor?
Part of me would like to use the eBay wood, but the strong smell worries me.....mild cedar odor is probably OK, but a strong odor worries me.
(Even though it will be more labor intensive, maybe using cedar from old cigar boxes is still the best option?)
Comment& suggestions appreciated
I'd like to line the inside of the bucket with Spanish cedar
There's "Spanish cedar" available (left-overs, odd cuts, etc.) on eBay, and some of the pieces look like they would be perfect for my idea.
I contacted one of these sellers and asked him about the cedar, and he said it was Spanish cedar, but, that it did have a strong odor.
So my questions are:
1) Are there different kinds of Spanish Cedar?
2) Could it be that the Spanish cedar on eBay is "new" wood, and thus has more of an odor?
Part of me would like to use the eBay wood, but the strong smell worries me.....mild cedar odor is probably OK, but a strong odor worries me.
(Even though it will be more labor intensive, maybe using cedar from old cigar boxes is still the best option?)
Comment& suggestions appreciated
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Cedrela odorata foliage
Cedrela is a genus of seven species[citation needed] in the mahogany family Meliaceae. They are evergreen or dry-season deciduous trees with pinnate leaves, native to the tropical and subtropical New World, from southern Mexico south to northern Argentina. The name is derived from a diminutive form of Cedrus (cedar).
Species
Cedrela fissilis Vell. - Costa Rica south to Argentina Cedrela hirsuta C. DC. - Paraguay Cedrela huberi - Argentina[1] Cedrela lilloi C. DC. - Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador Cedrela montana Moritz ex Turcz - Colombia, Ecuador Cedrela odorata L. (Cedro Hembra) - West Indies and from 24°N in Mexico south to 28°S in Argentina Cedrela salvadorensis Standl. - Central America Cedrela tonduzii C. DC. - Central America
Cedrela odorata is the most common species in the genus, widespread in seasonally dry tropical and subtropical forests; it is deciduous in the dry season which may last several months. C. lilloi and C. montana occur at higher altitudes in moister conditions, and are evergreen or only briefly deciduous.
These additional names have been published, but are not now accepted as distinct taxa (see Pennington & Styles 1981): C. angustifolia, C. balansae, C. barbata, C. boliviana, C. brunelliodes, C. ciliolata, C. discolor, C. febrifuga, C. guanensis, C. mexicana, C. oaxacensis, C. occidentalis, C. pacayana, C. paraguariensis, C. rosei, C. rotunda, C. saxatilis, C. sintenisii, C. steinbachii, C. velutina.
Some authors take a wider view of the genus, and include the related Asian - Australasian genus Toona in Cedrela.
[edit] Uses
Cedrela tubiflora Cedrela odorata is a very important timber tree, producing a lightweight fragrant wood with very good resistance to termites and other wood-boring insects, and also rot-resistant outdoors. The wood is often sold under the name "Spanish-cedar" (like many trade names, confusing as it is neither Spanish nor a cedar), and is the traditional wood used for making cigar boxes, as well as being used for general outdoor and construction work, panelling and veneer wood. Note that it is now CITES -listed. It is also grown as an ornamental tree, and has become naturalised in some areas in Africa, southeast Asia and Hawaii. The other species have similar wood, but are less-used due to scarcity.
Now I just need to figure out the best way to fasten the cedar strips to the sides of a plastic bucket.
Again, if it were me, I'd use a polyurethane glue similar to Gorilla Glue but I'd try to keep it near the center of the strip being glued because it has a tendency to foam out of the edges of glued pieces and it's difficult to remove the foamed-out part. This glue will have an odor but that's not an insurmountable problem. I made the mistake of using an epoxy paint to paint some shelves I made for my coolidor and even after a week of drying and curing the odor was still there. I solved the problem by leaving an open box of baking soda sit in the coolidor for a few days to a week. Problem solved.
Guy must have been a BOTL.