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I bought some beautiful wood from a local guy in the North Bay and he was unsure about what kins of wood each one was. Everywhere I'm looking I'm getting different answers. Any help would be greatly appreciated. The images are different angles of 3 different woods.
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The last two on the right resemble Mesquite from Arizona but not completly sure.If it is Mesquite, very hard wood and dulls tools very quickly very hard on planer blades.
Last edited by Don Selke; 08-17-2009 at 5:55 PM.
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Don Selke
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The ray fleck on the left edge of the 3rd photo screams white oak. The face doesn't though.
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I believe that pics #1, #2, and #3 are oak. I cannot tell a whole lot from picw #4 and #5.
Pic #1 is positively oak.
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All are red oak.
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+1.Originally Posted by Simon Dupay
Pix 2 and 3 remind me of some of the patterns that I seen when milling near a root ball.
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Looks like Valley Oak to me. (quercus lobata) You say North Bay - California? I made two benches out of the Hooker Oak that fell here in Chico. Hardest wood to work with.
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2 & 3 look like Sycamore to me.
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