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WRC quarter sawn is more ....
Posted by: pilotwingz on Dec-19-12 10:21 PM (EST)

-- Last Updated: Dec-19-12 10:22 PM EST --

..... resistant to denting than flat sawn . Also cost signifigently more . Quarter sawn is often called VG (vertical grain) .

Covering the blades with cloth and resin improves impact resistence to denting . Also allows for a thinner blade (maybe less weight but can't say that for certain) .

I was a skeptic about cloth and resin covering at one time , a wood must be wood only purist ... but my cloth and resin covered paddle blades have changed my purist attitude . I'm a fan now !!

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WRC bugs me. It makes great ,lite - string - Dec-19-12 9:45 PM
- WRC quarter sawn is more .... - pilotwingz - Dec-19-12 10:21 PM
  - Costs more??? - Bnystrom - Dec-19-12 11:17 PM
    - yes , cost more definately .... - pilotwingz - Dec-19-12 11:43 PM
      - treasure hunt... - gstamer - Dec-21-12 10:24 AM
      - When logs are cut in the standard way... - Bnystrom - Dec-23-12 10:13 PM
- Poly is soft - Kanoo - Dec-19-12 11:12 PM
- some dents will "heal" - gstamer - Dec-19-12 11:28 PM
- Good application for penetrating epoxy - woodonwater - Dec-20-12 4:47 AM
- Beauty and Beholders - Kudzu - Dec-20-12 5:03 AM
- boning. - mintjulep - Dec-20-12 8:27 AM
- Bingo - Jaybabina - Dec-20-12 8:33 AM
  - That paddle's got some stories to tell - TommyC1 - Dec-20-12 5:32 PM
- Polyester resin on wood?? - g2d - Dec-20-12 5:47 PM
  - Thanks; I'm just going to use the - string - Dec-20-12 6:52 PM
  - I don't build GPs but I do use WRC - mornstein - Dec-20-12 8:53 PM
  - I agree but.. - Jaybabina - Dec-21-12 8:19 AM
- Epoxy Resin on... - VK1NF - Dec-21-12 7:54 AM
  - Light as I can find - qajaqer2 - Dec-21-12 8:46 AM
- String's paddle - hodtay - Dec-21-12 2:51 PM
  - thanks Steve. - string - Dec-21-12 3:48 PM