Are these the same wood?
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TellicoTurning
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I'm not much at ID'ing woods, but if your colors are true, I would guess (and it's only a guess) that they are not... the grain patterns look different to me as do the colors.
robing916
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I would say the bottom piece in the picture is definately Beech, sorry don't recognise the top blank.
bobskio2003
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I'm going out on a limb and say that they are both beech and the difference is where the blanks came out of the tree. Beech can be pretty variable.
1080Wayne
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Rob Sand the end grain of each to about 220 grit , look at them under 5-10 X magnification , and compare to Hobbitt House end grain picture of American beech . Wayne
rlofton
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Top one looks like balsa!
JohnU
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the bottom blank looks like the beech i have. not sure about both.
Gary Max
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Heck the top one looks like Hard maple
Bottom Beech
Bottom Beech
LandfillLumber
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I'm pretty sure they are both beech.The top blanks looks a little spalted,beech will spalt white often.Look at both photos and you can see flecks similar to quarter sawed oaks rays.Bob is right beech has many faces behind it.How about an end grain shot,this is more the way they ID woods is with end grain comparison.Good Luck,Victor
rjwolfe3
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I hope you are right Gary, I could use some maple. I have so many Beech blanks, I am swimming in them.
Wayne - Will have to get a microscope first, lol. But I can sand the end and take a close up picture if it will help.
The only level I messed with is the white level in GIMP.
Wayne - Will have to get a microscope first, lol. But I can sand the end and take a close up picture if it will help.
The only level I messed with is the white level in GIMP.
OldWrangler
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I think they are BEECH and SON OF A BEECH. And that's my story and I'm sticking to it!!!
I know, I'm just no help at all.
I know, I'm just no help at all.
USAFVET98
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Gary Max
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I got a ton (maybe more) of maple-----
rjwolfe3
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Brian,
Let me finish cutting this up and we can talk business. Still not sure what the rest is that I haven't cut up.
The good news is that while I was looking closer at some that I had cut up, it appears that some are spalted and discolored and therefore not quite as boring and plain.
Let me finish cutting this up and we can talk business. Still not sure what the rest is that I haven't cut up.
The good news is that while I was looking closer at some that I had cut up, it appears that some are spalted and discolored and therefore not quite as boring and plain.