What kind of wood is this?
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What kind of wood (2025 Update)
May 11, 2019
Last reply: 8 months ago
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Yes, I'd say pine too, it one of those cheap boards made of pieces glued together .
A related question would be why does it matter? It's a piece of cheap wood as evidenced by the fact that it's joined together with many small pieces. It's not something that's typically finished, exposed, that has to match, etc.
BigBoxMegaMartHomeCenter wood.
It's a human characteristic called curiosity.
I agree, it does look like some laminated cellulose product with a picture of wood on it. I guess he just wants an opinion of what his picture of a picture looks like to us. Southern pulp pine?
Actually there is a "blockwood" product on the market - similar in concept to finger jointed trim. Allows the use of "marginall" lumber and reduces waste. Some is even 2 layes glued together to eliminate through glue joints. It was pretty common in Zambia in the early seventies - ANY lumber was hellishly expensive as the vast majoritywas imported into a landlocked country with currency controls.
It is "blockwood" and is useable anywhere you would use conventional board lumber as long as the appearance is not an issue (ie - "paint grade"
Apparently you didn't see my reply . I'm not stumped , I'm a professional woodworker (retired) and I don't repeat myself .
And mine that was next.
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