Type of wood?

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Lew

As a result, I didn't view it either. No loss to Michael, I suspect.

Bill

Kinda blurry, but looks like maple.

looks kinda like basswood

My opinion too.

Thanks for the info, people who responded. I've been looking at pictures on the web and can't tell. I'm making a box for a charity auction (it's supposed to have other stuff inside). I guess I could label it "Maple or possibly Basswood + Red Oak Splines."

Michael wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@googlegroups.com:

Basswood tends to be rather soft, while maple isn't all that soft. I don't have a lot of experience with working either material, so I can't say more than that.

You'd probably see advertising for something with an unknown hardwood marked as "hardwood spline" rather than stating a specific wood.

Puckdropper

Uhh not sure what these others are thinking but that is Cherry. Color, grain, dark sap marks. It should burn easily if you slow cut on a high speed tool and then smell a bit like a cherry cigar.

BTW I wish I could say "it doesn't smell like much when I cut it."

Looks like Maple.

Could be, but I'm still thinking maple.. but you are right it could be Cherry.

I was thinking maple, but the grain on the far left really looks like cherry.

Obviously it's dogwood.

Looks to me like he is guarding it. ;)

Those "dark sap marks" are what's known as mineral streaks, much more common in maple than cherry. I guess we'll only know for sure after some stain is slathered on. :)

I was actually thinking Birch, myself. Those brown stripes are distinctive.

It will be a bit less dense than maple, and perhaps a bit more towards the yellow than the white.

FWIW,

The top row of pictures show close ups of Maple. That is my vote.

That said, cut a small piece and let it burn against the blade.

Maple will typically turn brown, cherry will typically turn dark red.

I can't really smell the cherry cigar smell. I'll try this test.

Thanks.

"SonomaProducts.com" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@googlegroups.com:

No, it's not. The color is totally wrong for cherry, not nearly dark or red enough. Sap marks are too wide for cherry, and also not dark enough.

It's maple.

snipped-for-privacy@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) wrote in news:Lt7eu.123339$ snipped-for-privacy@fx20.iad:

has some interesting brown marking, doesn't particularly smell like anything when I cut it.

marks. It should burn easily if you slow cut on a high speed tool and then smell a bit like a cherry cigar.

Yes, they are -- distinctively maple. Color and grain are wrong for birch, too.

Whether birch is less or more dense than maple depends on which maple you're comparing it to: birch is slightly less dense than hard maple, but a whole lot *more* dense than soft maple.