CEDRO

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Origine
AMERICA

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Similar Woods:White Cedar.

Origin:Northwest Africa, Asia, in the Himalayas.

Range: The best known Cedars are the Atlas Cedar native to Northwest Africa, today’s almost extinct Cedar of
Lebanon as well as the Himalayan Cedar, the so-called Deodar. In Europe the Cedar is known as a
cultivated garden and park tree. The Cedar of Lebanon belongs to those three species with highest live
expectancy and can get up to 3,000 years old.

Uses: Cedar is used for furniture making but was earlier a popular lumber for shipbuilding.

Properties: Light-reddish wood which has a characteristic pungent odour.

Machining:Cedar can be worked well by hand and machine.
Planed surfaces have a light gloss but tools become quickly dull due to its resin content.

Seasoning: Cedar dries quickly and without any great problems. It is only slightly prone to checking and warping.

Finishing: Surface treatment is possible but only with great difficulty because of the high resin and oil content
resisting varnishing. A slight improvement is achieved by washing with wood soap.

Jointing: Wood joints can be produced without any difficulty with glue , screws and nails and are very durable.