found this board in my Ash pile and i have no idea what it is. I'm showing the unknown wood and some Ash for contrast.
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found this board in my Ash pile and i have no idea what it is. I'm showing the unknown wood and some Ash for contrast.
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Last edited by Lee Schierer; 11-11-2017 at 4:00 PM. Reason: fixed spelling
Bob C
Alder? What's your own best guess?
Edit - my laptop originally showed just photo #2. I now agree that it's likely sycamore.
Last edited by Mark Gibney; 11-11-2017 at 10:13 AM. Reason: more info
Looks like sycamore on the quarter saw edge
Quartered sycamore
Last edited by Jared Sankovich; 11-11-2017 at 9:34 AM.
That looks exactly like sycamore to me. How hard is it? Sycamore is about as hard as poplar - at least to my fingers and blades.
Sasafrass If it smells like root beer when you sand it .
I think I see ash and poplar.
I don't normally come out so confident on this stuff, but I would put money on that being sycamore.
Thanks. It’s an interesting looking wood and I’ve never worked with sycamore even though I have some on my property. Definitely not any poplar or alder I’ve ever used.
It looks like ash to me lol
** Edit... saw the ash thinking that was your suspect board. Looks like sycamore to me
The edge says sycamore to me, too...
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Yes, in the edge pic, top is ash, bottom is sycamore. In the last pic, the right three boards are ash, the left three boards are yellow poplar.
Janka beats my fingers any day. But I still maintain they both work (meaning with chisels and planes) about the same. Would you call 500 - 770 a big difference? They both dent pretty easily. I use both pretty regularly - as I'm sure you do - and I don't notice any practical, functional differences in dent resistance or weight.
Sycamore is usually pinker than poplar which tends be yellow. I understand that's a generalization.
Last edited by Prashun Patel; 11-12-2017 at 8:23 AM.