Yellow cedar for aquarium stand?

[Mrfish55]

Originally Posted by StirCrazy

and you would even think about using cedar for anything when you have maple? burn the cedar in the wood stove..... go maple much more beautiful grain and overall wood.

Steve

Burn yellow cedar? Bite your tongue, red yes! Kindling, but yellow IMO is very nice, only problem is you can only do a natural oil finish as the resins in yellow cedar prevent any film finish from bonding, also very aromatic, love the smell of the shop when milling yellow cedar.