-----Original Message-----
From: kirk pierce <kpierce@charter.net>
To: Gary L. Perry <glperry@fwi.com>
Date: Sunday, April 01, 2001 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] bed wood
>Nothing wrong with either one. I'm just thinking of a slightly different
>look, but don't want to make a mistake since wood (and time) is not cheap.
>Your tip about mahogany being too soft is the kind of help I knew I could
>count on from this list. Thanks!
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gary L. Perry <glperry@fwi.com>
>To: kirk pierce <kpierce@charter.net>; OleTrucks mailing List
><oletrucks@autox.team.net>; THE BROWNS <armory@swbell.net>
>Date: Sunday, April 01, 2001 9:55 PM
>Subject: Re: [oletrucks] bed wood
>
>
>>Mahogany belongs in furniture. It's pretty, but soft. Would chip or dent
>>very easily. Never heard of Bloodwood! Maybe that seeping is why it's
>called
>>that. What's wrong with oak for fancy and Southern Pine for painted
floors?
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "kirk pierce" <kpierce@charter.net>
>>To: "OleTrucks mailing List" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>; "THE BROWNS"
>><armory@swbell.net>
>>Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 8:00 PM
>>Subject: Re: [oletrucks] bed wood
>>
>>
>>> Eric,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the information. I am pleased with the web site and will
take
>>> your advice and skip the pamphlet.
>>>
>>> I am kicking around the idea of using bloodwood which I saw at a local
>>wood
>>> store because it is already the color that I had planned to stain my
>>bedwood
>>> and it has a uniform grain. I also saw a closeout special on Mahogony
>>which
>>> is close to the right color online at one of the wood stores. Anyone
>>tried
>>> either of these for bedwood? It appears that bloodwood is somewhat oily
>>> which causes me to wonder how well it would hold a varnish or
>>polyurethane.
>>>
>>> One question about the measurements from the web site. Did you find the
>>> boards from Chevy Duty to be cut close to these measurements?
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: THE BROWNS <armory@swbell.net>
>>> To: kirk pierce <kpierce@charter.net>
>>> Date: Sunday, April 01, 2001 1:04 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] bed wood
>>>
>>>
>>> >I saw a 56 F**d with lacewood. Looked really trick. I have heard it
is
>>a
>>> >nightmare to work with though (the wood make a lot of dust & is
>>poisonous).
>>> >I went with good old fashioned oak from Chevy Duty. I was told
>>incorrectly
>>> >that the grooves for the skid strips had to be angle cut /__\ with a
>>> special
>>> >tool. Nice kit, but next time I would like to do it myself.
>>> >Don't waste your money on the bed book. Most of the little pamphlet is
>>on
>>> >the history of the PU bed. I will scan it and send it to you or snail
>>mail
>>> >a photo copy if you want. The web site is very good though.
>>> >Good luck
>>> >Eric Brown
>>> >1951 Chevrolet 3100 "Christine"
>>> >
>>> >----- Original Message -----
>>> >From: "kirk pierce" <kpierce@charter.net>
>>> >To: "OleTrucks mailing List" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
>>> >Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 2:26 PM
>>> >Subject: [oletrucks] bed wood
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >> I have been looking at the bed kits that are advertised in truck
>>> magazines
>>> >> and also on the Web. It appears that most bed wood kits are either
>>pine,
>>> >> oak, or ash (Bruce H.). Today I looked at bloodwood, maple, and
>>several
>>> >> other woods at a local woodworking shop.
>>> >>
>>> >> Questions:
>>> >>
>>> >> What types of wood have you used on your trucks? How'd they turn
out?
>>> >>
>>> >> Does anyone have a template to know where to drill holes etc... for
>>doing
>>> >> your own bed wood. My truck has a piece of plywood so I don't have
>>> >anything
>>> >> to take out to use for a template.
>>> >> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and
>1959
>>> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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