Help identifying 24 wooden blanks!
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jttheclockman
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Just a suggestion for future purchases, I would make it a point to have the person who is selling them to label them and to me if they can not do that then I would not buy from them You will get guesses here from some people but most times they are guess and I say that because it is such a small sample and hard to tell. Many times a wood can look like many types. I will leave the guesses to others but good luck.
Getting a good ID on one blank is tough enough, 24 is approaching impossible. I usually recommend sanded endgrain photos, relative hardness and density (compared to known woods), odors, history/likely origin. But probably not practical to go through that work for a bag of random blanks - presumably purchased at a discount. Anyway, I'll take a shot at my best guesses:
1/2 - oak
3/4 - mahogany
5/6 - lati
7/8 - maple
18 - goncalo alves
1/2 - oak
3/4 - mahogany
5/6 - lati
7/8 - maple
18 - goncalo alves
mark james
IAP Collection, Curator
What, and deprive us of playing a game show event! I'll ponder the ends and get back later.
jttheclockman
Member
Ask them too before you buy them. As I said everyone can guess till the cows come home but ask them to bet their house on it and there will be no takers.
1080Wayne
Member
It`s always fun to guess , but Sam`s suggestions will lead to the best guesses . Remove the wax first though . I would say 1&2 are probably some type of white oak , 5&6 possibly old growth pine of some sort , 7&8 possibly sugar maple , 20 possibly new growth pine of some kind .
pshrynk
Member
Ask them too before you buy them. As I said everyone can guess till the cows come home but ask them to bet their house on it and there will be no takers.
I was going to say, "Wood?"
Here's a good resource:
Scroll down a bit on that first page and you'll see the pictures.
Scroll down a bit on that first page and you'll see the pictures.
Excellent site.