Thread: Cypress Lumber

A fella I work with worked at a sawmill in Franklin while in high school. They pulled the cypress sinkers out of the basin for lumber. They gave him the scraps and he has kept them all these years. His new wife doesn't care for it because it's too "rustic". Offered him cash, he said no. Currently my kitchen cabinets, bath vanity, etc. is made of cypress that I pick up here and there. He cleaned out his rented storage shed and knew I was a woodworker - so he said it's mine. Transferred the cypress from his full truck to mine. Now nicely stacked under the new addition. Here's an example of a piece that's 24" wide. I'll probably make a nice table with this for behind the couch.



Love it when I make good finds.

Nice......I like working with cypress.

That stuff's as good as gold, nice score.....

OMG that is awesome. I am totally jealous! Congratulations!

Thanks guys, I will toughly enjoy working with my new find. Have several pieces with the old worm holes as well.

Good for you and the Boss of the house. You folks will put it to good use, you came out smelling like a rose or cypress I mean. Ferdi

I worked on a house restoration that the old farmhouse was all cypress from the ground up to the roof. it was the hardest wood I have ever encountered. You couldn't drive a nail, everything had to be drilled first, and we burned up dozens of bits and saw blades.

I know what you are saying FOL - nails won't work. Tough wood - the way I like it.

I'm not following you guys. Cypress is the lightest and easiest wood to work with. I have some very old pieces that I use now and then and it's such a pleasure to work with. Maybe you've encountered some petrified cypress.
"gene''

I have worked with a lot of cypress and I am like Gene....very easy to work with and gentle on my blades and router bits. It turns very nice on my lathe also. I have built a lot of furniture out of heart white oak.....now that is hard to work with and dulls everything.