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Can anyone help ID this wood. I am making a reproduction of Stephen F Austin’s desk (pic is the original).
Trying to get as as close as possible. it’s pine, just not sure which one. Thanks.
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Can anyone help ID this wood. I am making a reproduction of Stephen F Austin’s desk (pic is the original).
Trying to get as as close as possible. it’s pine, just not sure which one. Thanks.
It looks like #2 pine from any lumber yard.
Lee Schierer
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Yea, looks like pine to me, too.
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Thanks. That’s what I was thinking as well.
Easter white pine. Not yellow pine.
Dan
What pines grow in the area it was made in? One of them would likely have been used.
Which museum did you contact? Just curious as when I measured it out, it was in San Felipe, TX (near Sealy).
I see where you got that info. https://www.thestoryoftexas.com/disc...f-austins-desk
Closest match would prob be eastern white. He does not want it to look old, but new (what it would look like when it was first made). Thanks
Eastern White Pine is significantly less resinous than longleaf pine, but I agree that it would otherwise be a pretty close match. If you can find it and in wide enough boards, Red Pine (Pinus resinosa) might be a better match. Bugger to work with though - it'll gum up every blade and cutter that touches it. And, if your customer wants it truly authentic, you may be able to find oversized reclaimed longleaf that would "look" new when planed to size. Reclaimed longleaf isn't common, but it's not impossible to find, either.
Last edited by Steve Demuth; 04-13-2018 at 4:54 PM.
Thanks Steve!
Long leaf pine is a member of the southern yellow pine family. This is commonly available, and a different species than eastern white pine.
Longleaf pine used to be a dominant species in the deep south but it's been pared back a lot by logging. Nobody plants it anymore because it grows slowly. There's still a lot of the trees around, though, but I don't know how you'd get it for sure since when it's cut it's just mixed in with the other pine lumber.
That being said if you find a dense and heavy SYP board at the home center, it might be longleaf, or it could probably pass for it.
Thanks Bob. I'll take note. Hopefully I will find something close and get approval from my customer.
Marshall
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