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Post by tlcneeded on Nov 13, 2009 15:40:05 GMT -6
im not sure what type of wood this is. if someone could identify it for me. than i wouldn't be as dumb.  |
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Post by sawduster on Nov 13, 2009 15:49:31 GMT -6
Hard to tell from just a picture, the board laying flat sorta looks like maple, but the other looks like pecan to me. Tell us about the wood. Is it real hard, brittle, splintery . . .
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Post by tlcneeded on Nov 13, 2009 15:56:58 GMT -6
hard and brittle
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Post by TDHofstetter on Nov 13, 2009 16:27:24 GMT -6
Could be a whole lot of things - from here it looks a lot like freshly-planed cherry, too.
Any more clues?
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Post by triplefreak on Nov 13, 2009 16:36:06 GMT -6
Might even be Osage orange, judging by the color alone.
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Post by dicklaxt on Nov 13, 2009 16:38:57 GMT -6
I vote cherry ,,,,for what thats worth
dick
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Post by tlcneeded on Nov 13, 2009 16:44:53 GMT -6
im in kentucky and im sure it was cut and milled here.
cherry sounds good to me so far. its better than fire wood altough it does start a good fire.
unless someone else has a better idea. ill just call it cherry and build something.
thanks
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Post by Beamer on Nov 13, 2009 17:04:06 GMT -6
Maple's my vote - grain shape looks mapley to me.
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Post by Ruffnek on Nov 13, 2009 17:18:35 GMT -6
It's Maple.
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Post by dburkhart on Nov 13, 2009 18:36:43 GMT -6
it looks like cherry
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lexrex
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Post by lexrex on Nov 13, 2009 19:04:35 GMT -6
soft maple.
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Post by dicklaxt on Nov 13, 2009 19:18:12 GMT -6
It just seems to red for most maple I have seen,,,I think there is a Red Maple isn't there and is it red grained?
dick
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Post by fredbelknap on Nov 13, 2009 19:19:28 GMT -6
I think it is cherry freshly planned, looks like the edge is still dark.
Fred
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Post by Leo Voisine on Nov 13, 2009 19:20:20 GMT -6
I vote for Cherry
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Post by Joe Lyddon on Nov 13, 2009 19:33:22 GMT -6
Maple was my first thought... Maple. Now, how are you going to really KNOW what it is? ;D    |
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Post by tlcneeded on Nov 13, 2009 19:42:50 GMT -6
it was a redish color before it was planned.
ive heard red maple before but, ive never seen it.
i dont know what else i could tell ya about it that would help.
but, thanks for the input. at least i know its wood
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Post by tlcneeded on Nov 13, 2009 20:00:27 GMT -6
i do believe we have a winner . soft maple
thanks guys
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Post by lexrex on Nov 13, 2009 20:03:06 GMT -6
woo hoo, the least veteran of the bunch takes the WIN.
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Post by TDHofstetter on Nov 13, 2009 20:09:30 GMT -6
Ok... now. What does it SMELL like - when it's freshly machined, when a little bit is burnt? Cherry smells a little tangy when it's machined & acrid when burned. Maple smells... kinda'... mapley when it's machined & sweetish when it's burned.
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Post by tlcneeded on Nov 13, 2009 20:36:21 GMT -6
lexrex showed me pics of soft maple and they look the same.
wife even agreed they looked the same.
it doesnt look like my cherry i got here.
as for the smell when i planned it i couldnt tell.
all the other wood i have i know what there are.
thank again
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