"Michael" wrote:

I think this might be a case of really dry cedar. I got several wide
boards free from someone who was cleaning out his shed and wanted to
get rid of them. They had obviously been there a while. I thought I
would make a few boxes out of them, but the gluing issue might make
this a series of cumbersome projects.
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Now you tell us.G

Time to fire up the grill and use those planks to grill cedar planked
use fish of choice.

Google "cedar planked fish", for lots of recipies.

Lew