Free Wood Gloat and Request to Identify Type of Wood

[Mike Parzych]

Soft maple....it usually is reddish/pink.

[Frank Pellow]

Looks like cherry!!

Maybe, but I don't think so.

Soft maple....it usually is reddish/pink.

Soft maple eh? That's a new one for me. But the grain does look like maple.

I will be visiting a lumber yard that stocks lots of different woods (Century Mill Lumber) within the next month and take one of the boards with me in order to get their opinion.

[Michael Disorbo]

I got a lot of cherry that looks just like that board! Looks like they came from the same tree )

[Mike Parzych]

Here's one link to a picture of soft maple:
http://www.woodworkerssource.net/Mer...ode=Maple_Soft

[Rick Thom]

Frank, that is a nice haul!
If we are voting, I am betting on the cherry as well for post #9.

[Mike Parzych]

You can always try the "smell test" - what does it smell like when it's cut? I think that would make a good game show, kind of like Jeopardy. Blindfold 3 woodworkers, cut wood, and the first one to hit the buzzer and correctly identify the wood wins. Unfortunately it would probably draw a very limited - but very dedicated! - audience.

[Frank Pellow]

You can always try the "smell test" - what does it smell like when it's cut? I think that would make a good game show, kind of like Jeopardy. Blindfold 3 woodworkers, cut wood, and the first one to hit the buzzer and correctly identify the wood wins. Unfortunately it would probably draw a very limited - but very dedicated! - audience.

I can recognize the smell of cedar and of spruce when I am cutting it, but that's about to only ones.

[Larry Browning]

I can recognize the smell of cedar and of spruce when I am cutting it, but that's about to only ones.

Frank,
Maybe you should get a piece of wood that is known to be cherry, cut it and smell it. Then cut and smell the mystery wood and see if they are the same. If they don't match, try some others.