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I found mahogany close to my home for $5 a board foot. My question is are there any other woods that could work for the frames and other things? Can white oak be used for the frames? White oak is $2

I don,t see any reason you could'nt. Is harder than mahogany so it will bee a little stronger. Draw backs going to be harder to sand. I did not use it my build execpt for the keel.I you try to use for the chine and sheer you will have trouble in bending it around such a a short boat.I have used it in the rebuild of all of the frames in my 1966 Century Resorter.
Jeff

White Oak is fine. Rough it up before glueing and do a good job sealing it.

Southern Yellow Pine is good, also.

WO & SYP are both heavy. But, strong.

Bill

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Bill, I have installed white oak battens after planing on my Monaco build and noticed you mentioned to rough them up some. How rough to hold epoxy glue do you recommend?

Thanks,

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80 grit is probably good.

Bill

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Thanks Bill .

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