A couple of weeks ago I answered a local add for hardwood for sale. I ended up getting about 1400 board feet for $650, which is, without a doubt a great price. However, about 20% of it was cut into 1.75" strips for face frame material. Some of it was a little nasty, and 65% was red oak. Still for about $.40 a board foot, I shouldn't complain. I originally thought it was all oak, cherry and maple. In sorting it, I found about 70 bf of some nice mahogany, more maple than I had anticipated and unexpectedly quite a bit of white oak, which I needed for a chair project. There was also bout 20 bf of red gum, which while a challenge to work with, is a beautiful wood.

However there is roughly 150 bf of the wood below. It is light weight, falling somewhere between alder and cherry. I think it is soft maple of some variety, but wanted to see what others thought.
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