How is cypress to work with?

Great!

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pretty much like using pine to me, I just finished a desk out of it, I like it, beautiful grain, one complant is , it is soft, if ya bump it it does dent.

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Cypress is a great wood to work with particularly for panelling and trim. It has beatiful rich looking grain. There is a tendency for grain separation and some checking that makes it prone to splinters in flooring usage.

What kind of Cypress? I know bald cypress is soft. I have only used nootka cypress (aka yellow cypress, alaskan yellow cedar etc.) It is fairly durable for a softwood and I love working with it. Very stable, very easily machined, glues very well. Nice tight grain. You could say it is bland as far as appearance goes but it stains well. It is harder than any pine or cedar, almost as hard as doug fir.

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