Hey Mark Almost wish I lived in TX.- I went out to the specialty supplier today, $45-$65 bd/ft for certified sitka, $25 and up for non-certified. ( $ CDN, so about 2/3-1/2 for USD) --but $4.95 for a few feet of real nice walnut- that wood would make a REAL nice instrument panel vaneer ;-) Mike -----Original Message----- From: N95MF@aol.com <N95MF@aol.com> To: FlyBaby@listbot.com <FlyBaby@listbot.com> Date: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 1:54 PM Subject: Re: New list member >FlyBaby > >As far as wood choices, the FAA gives various woods the OK for certified >birds if they conform to the MIL spec. In one of the FAA publications, it >gives the specs. I used certified Sitka spruce for my wing spars, and >locally bought Douglas Fir for most of the rest. I ripped it to size. I got >to prefer the European plywood over the US plywood the more I worked with it. > Mark Goldberg Austin TX > > >