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Dan Gill
01-21-2005, 8:48 AM
Here's another piece of wood I pulled out of a dumpster. Can anybody identify it for me? I thought it was cherry at first, but the color doesn't seem quite right (said the colorblind man), and it may be a little too heavy. Hickory perhaps? There is some spalting on the back side (second picture). This piece is about 1 3/4 x 6 x 18
Thanks,
Dan
R Mousel
01-21-2005, 8:54 AM
It sure looks like cherry to me. The back looks like sap pockets, not spalting from the photo. Try covering a part of it with something to block the light, set it out in the sun and see if you get a color change.
Jim W. White
01-21-2005, 9:08 AM
That be cherry! ...and you got yourself one hell of a dumpster location if your finding peices like that one. :D
...Jim in Idaho
Doug Shepard
01-21-2005, 9:11 AM
I'm thinkin cherry too. The wood fairy has blessed you.
Dan Gill
01-21-2005, 9:15 AM
That be cherry! ...and you got yourself one hell of a dumpster location if your finding peices like that one. :D
...Jim in Idaho
I have TWO cabinet shops near me, and I stop by their dumpsters regularly. One of the shops even had a bin outside at one point with "firewood". I got quite a bit of useable wood from that bin. But they quit doing that.
Keith Christopher
01-21-2005, 11:04 AM
I have to agree. That's a hunk-o-cherry.
Dan Gill
01-21-2005, 11:42 AM
Okay. Cherry it is. Thanks for the assist. I guess I'll keep it out of the fireplace now . . . ;)
Mark Singer
01-21-2005, 12:27 PM
Zebra....or makore...either one or both
Keith Christopher
01-21-2005, 12:37 PM
Zebra....or makore...either one or both
Oh oh maybe purpleheart.
ROFL
Kurt Aebi
01-21-2005, 12:48 PM
If you've ever worked with Cherry, the smell when you cut it is unmistakeable, much like oak.
Cut a piece and give it the old nose test. It could be Red Birch, but the smell will tell ya.
And, since you got it at a professional cabinet shop, one of the Exotics mentioned above by Mark is probably a little far reaching.
Ralph Steffey
01-21-2005, 1:46 PM
Where did you say that dumpster is?
Dan Gill
01-21-2005, 4:37 PM
Where did you say that dumpster is?
It's in Haltom City, Texas. That's a bit of a drive from Florida . . .
Jim Becker
01-21-2005, 4:56 PM
Cherry from the pitch pockets...especially in the second shot.
Steve Clardy
01-21-2005, 4:57 PM
Cherry Cherry
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