Smokin Slow
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New to turning and just purchased the 100 wood blank set from Woodcraft. The woods are not identified in any way but I would like to know what they are for future reference, any way to figure that out?
Wood Identification
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Drewboy22
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Separate them out and take and post pics. There is a lot of knowledge here.
Welcome to IAP by the way
Welcome to IAP by the way
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rcbennett
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Wood ID
I bought one of those boxes years ago, but back then the blanks were numbered and there was a list included, but of course I've misplaced the list.
I've used a book I have on Wood ID that has tons of pics, and as Drewboy said post pics, you'll get an answer.
I bought one of those boxes years ago, but back then the blanks were numbered and there was a list included, but of course I've misplaced the list.
I've used a book I have on Wood ID that has tons of pics, and as Drewboy said post pics, you'll get an answer.
MTViper
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Here's another couple of sources for you. They give descriptions, pictures, and other info on the different types of woods. Should get you in the ball park on most woods.
Wood Database: The Wood Database
American Hardwood Species Guide: American Hardwood Species Guide
There's also a book out called The Real Wood Bible that's very helpful.
Steve
Wood Database: The Wood Database
American Hardwood Species Guide: American Hardwood Species Guide
There's also a book out called The Real Wood Bible that's very helpful.
Steve
nativewooder
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Hobbit House has been around for many years.
Smokin Slow
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Thanks for the help..........I think
That is a whole lot of wood on The Wood Database!
That is a whole lot of wood on The Wood Database!
1080Wayne
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If you want to see a lot of woods , look at Hobbit House HobbitHouse Wood ID site
Shouldn`t take more than a week or two to look at everything .
Pick a few and take some pictures . One 220 grit sanded side shot (also adjacent side if it looks different) , 1 end grain sanded to about 400 . No guarantees on results , but some of us will try . Some indication of density also helpful (weight on a gram scale) . A few have characteristic odours . Some of them should be woods local to your area , so a visit to a wood store might help .
Shouldn`t take more than a week or two to look at everything .
Pick a few and take some pictures . One 220 grit sanded side shot (also adjacent side if it looks different) , 1 end grain sanded to about 400 . No guarantees on results , but some of us will try . Some indication of density also helpful (weight on a gram scale) . A few have characteristic odours . Some of them should be woods local to your area , so a visit to a wood store might help .
Skie_M
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Checked the online reviews of the 100-piece box of pen blanks by Woodcraft ... link here:
Buy 100 Piece Pen Blank Assortment at Woodcraft.com.
It seems that though they are packing all hardwood species, roughly half or more will be domestic species like oak, osage orange, walnut, maple, and most damnningly, poplar. Poplar is a very lightweight and light colored species that most uninitiated will mistake for pine given it's very easy to deform with a fingernail. It's even lighter and weaker than walnut, which at least has the redeeming feature of being a beautiful darker grained wood that can have gorgeous figure.
You are going to want to separate each of the species into piles of like types and take some pics for us so we can identify how badly they're ripping their customers off, and you may also want to seriously consider taking the box back for a refund or exchange.
Buy 100 Piece Pen Blank Assortment at Woodcraft.com.
It seems that though they are packing all hardwood species, roughly half or more will be domestic species like oak, osage orange, walnut, maple, and most damnningly, poplar. Poplar is a very lightweight and light colored species that most uninitiated will mistake for pine given it's very easy to deform with a fingernail. It's even lighter and weaker than walnut, which at least has the redeeming feature of being a beautiful darker grained wood that can have gorgeous figure.
You are going to want to separate each of the species into piles of like types and take some pics for us so we can identify how badly they're ripping their customers off, and you may also want to seriously consider taking the box back for a refund or exchange.
Smokin Slow
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1080Wayne
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Dark group towards upper left probably walnut , lower left corner possibly ? Osage orange , second in from lower right corner possibly ? oak or hickory .
Skie_M
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Looking at that box full, you may have gotten the better end of the deal...
lower left middle and middle ... looks like you might have some olivewood in there. Probably spanish, but there might be some bethlehem mixed in.
Bottom right and center right ... looks like that might be 2 packs of cocobolo.
Anything packed with wax (all that darker colored stuff) is probably an exotic hardwood from another country, so you've got yourself about a 50/50 mix.
Bottom center looks like poplar, and I see a few other sticks of what may be poplar or maple, possibly beech wood or even camphor.
Dead center there's one dark stick that wasn't wax coated ... looks like purpleheart.
Top left quadrand, lower right towards the middle, there"s a bunch of really dark wood .... possibly gabboon ebony, massacar ebony, or african blackwood.
Top middle to top right, 3 packs of similar wood .... they look like rosewood to me. May be burmese rosewood, yucutan rosewood, or another type.
You'll have to clean the wax off of a few of each and get us some more pics so we can make more definitive identifications .... side view, top view (grain patterns from adjacent sides) and end views.
lower left middle and middle ... looks like you might have some olivewood in there. Probably spanish, but there might be some bethlehem mixed in.
Bottom right and center right ... looks like that might be 2 packs of cocobolo.
Anything packed with wax (all that darker colored stuff) is probably an exotic hardwood from another country, so you've got yourself about a 50/50 mix.
Bottom center looks like poplar, and I see a few other sticks of what may be poplar or maple, possibly beech wood or even camphor.
Dead center there's one dark stick that wasn't wax coated ... looks like purpleheart.
Top left quadrand, lower right towards the middle, there"s a bunch of really dark wood .... possibly gabboon ebony, massacar ebony, or african blackwood.
Top middle to top right, 3 packs of similar wood .... they look like rosewood to me. May be burmese rosewood, yucutan rosewood, or another type.
You'll have to clean the wax off of a few of each and get us some more pics so we can make more definitive identifications .... side view, top view (grain patterns from adjacent sides) and end views.
ABinBoston
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Try this link. They show photos of many kinds of wood.
Exotic Wood Supplier - Turning Blanks, Exotic Wood & Exotic Lumber | Bell Forest Products
Exotic Wood Supplier - Turning Blanks, Exotic Wood & Exotic Lumber | Bell Forest Products