I recently used a wood on a project. I have used it before but only small pieces. The wood is called a lot of names. Sugi Pine, sometimes Japanese Cedar (Cryptomeria japonica). The wood is a conifer and considered a softwood. However is it harder than Walnut. In fact, this is another of those woods that is erroneously mis-named. The tree is a distinct genus and really is a type of Cypress.
The wood usually has white outer wood with streaks of pinkish red to totally pinkish red in the center at the sap wood.
It is a blast to use sand, and a lot like Walnut. It smells like when you break or trim geranium flowers when cutting with a strong citrus spicy aroma, (probably why it is often referenced as a cedar). The grain is similar to cedar and this wood has its own type of oil in it that makes feel slick after sanding like teak. We were using as a trim. Also the Janka is 1410 and it is strong and flexible like yellow pine but not as bendy as say Doug fir.
Now I have to find someone who has more of this stuff I ended up with 2 extra boards and make something to post.
Cool stuff - keep an eye out for it.
The wood usually has white outer wood with streaks of pinkish red to totally pinkish red in the center at the sap wood.
It is a blast to use sand, and a lot like Walnut. It smells like when you break or trim geranium flowers when cutting with a strong citrus spicy aroma, (probably why it is often referenced as a cedar). The grain is similar to cedar and this wood has its own type of oil in it that makes feel slick after sanding like teak. We were using as a trim. Also the Janka is 1410 and it is strong and flexible like yellow pine but not as bendy as say Doug fir.
Now I have to find someone who has more of this stuff I ended up with 2 extra boards and make something to post.
Cool stuff - keep an eye out for it.
