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Gary Viggers
07-17-2014, 8:43 PM
A non-woodworking friend gave me some scraps so I made one of Gary Rogowski's "Small Elegant Boxes" (http://www.startwoodworking.com/sites/startwoodworking.com/files/rogowskibox.pdf). The box is obviously red oak, but does anyone know what species the lid is? The finish is an oil/varnish blend.
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Danny Hamsley
07-17-2014, 8:51 PM
Looks like birch to me.
Yonak Hawkins
07-17-2014, 11:56 PM
I do believe that's ash, top and sides.
Gary Viggers
07-18-2014, 12:44 AM
I do believe that's ash, top and sides.
Sides are definitely oak.
Yonak Hawkins
07-18-2014, 12:54 AM
Are you positive ? I mean, if you're positive, you're positive. I've only got a picture and you've got the real thing.
Gary Viggers
07-18-2014, 1:14 AM
Are you positive ? I mean, if you're positive, you're positive. I've only got a picture and you've got the real thing.
Looks like oak. Feels like oak. Smells like oak. I have not tasted it. Yet.
Jerry Miner
07-18-2014, 1:29 AM
Top looks like cherry to me. Sides like red oak
Danny Hamsley
07-18-2014, 7:53 AM
Sides are 100% oak. I am sticking with birch for the top.
Joe Kieve
07-18-2014, 7:57 AM
I agree with Danny....birch for the top and oak for the sides.
Larry Fox
07-18-2014, 8:20 AM
Top looks like cherry to me.
Agree - that was what came to mind when I first saw it. If you have a scrap left over, cover half of it and stick it in the sun for a couple of hours. That will rule it in / out as a possibility.
Yonak Hawkins
07-18-2014, 8:47 AM
Looks like oak. Feels like oak. Smells like oak. I have not tasted it. Yet.
Smelling is telling. Taste is not necessary.
Prashun Patel
07-18-2014, 8:49 AM
Looks like cherry to me. Keep it out in the sun for a couple days. If it gets darker, the likelihood that it's cherry over birch increases.
Mike Cozad
07-18-2014, 2:03 PM
The grain pattern on the top looks almost exactly like the first humidor I built and it was cherry, so that would be my vote.
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