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Ok, now I am confused
All right, what is this?
Old wood flooring from my house, using a few pieces I cut out to do some old floor register patching and making a few other things from it.
I thought it was doug fir, now I am not so sure.
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10-24-2009, 01:30 PM
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My monitor color sucks, but
it looks like white oak from here.
Rub a little oil on it, see what
it looks like then?
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10-24-2009, 01:32 PM
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My monitor color sucks, but
it looks like white oak from here.
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I orginally thought it was doug fir.
It didn't smell like oak, and the shavings look like a pile of Fir but, I guess I have not seen wormy Fir.
Possibility of Chestnut?
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10-24-2009, 01:35 PM
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I orginally thought it was doug fir.
It didn't smell like oak, and the shavings look like a pile of Fir but, I guess I have not seen wormy Fir.
Possibility of Chestnut?
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I thought it was chestnut the first time I looked  .
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10-24-2009, 01:37 PM
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one more:
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10-24-2009, 01:37 PM
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I'm with Neo, white oak is first thought.
Is there any hint to medullary rays?
Fir is out because of the open grain.
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10-24-2009, 01:39 PM
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I'm with Neo on this one. Looks like vertical grain oak.
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10-24-2009, 01:42 PM
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I'm with Neo, white oak is first thought.
Is there any hint to medullary rays?
Fir is out because of the open grain.
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You mean all the pretty stuff you get when you quarter saw white oak?
No, this stuff is just wormy.
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10-24-2009, 01:43 PM
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I'm with Neo on this one. Looks like vertical grain oak.
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You are right about the verticle grain, I wanted it for what I was making.
I am telling you, I know what oak smells like when you cut, it burns my nose a bit, this didn't.
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10-24-2009, 01:45 PM
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Pretty sure it's white oak as well.
Isn't chestnut a little darker?
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10-24-2009, 01:52 PM
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I was just looking at that last picture on another site.
That is a picture of oak right?
These boards do not have that visible ray.
All I can see is the early wood pores, my eye can not see the rays.
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10-24-2009, 01:53 PM
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This is rift cut white oak, no stain, flat finish. Still the most probable choice.
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maybe I'm out on a limb, but could it be red oak? again, you have the advantage of seeing it in person, but from the picture, I'd put money on oak of some kind. 
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10-24-2009, 01:54 PM
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I was just looking at that last picture on another site.
That is a picture of oak right?
These boards do not have that visible ray.
All I can see is the early wood pores, my eye can not see the rays.
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I thought they were all chestnut
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Beech?
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10-24-2009, 01:57 PM
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The smell of reclaimed wood is often different than new lumber. Especially when just trimming the ends.
What are we trying to do here anyway?
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10-24-2009, 01:58 PM
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Can you get a better lit, in focus shot
of the end grain?
From what you say it could be chestnut,
but I haven't seen that much quarter sawn.
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10-24-2009, 02:00 PM
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Looks like wormy chesnut to me, my parents front door looks identical to that.
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10-24-2009, 02:01 PM
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Quote:
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Can you get a better lit, in focus shot
of the end grain?
From what you say it could be chestnut,
but I haven't seen that much quarter sawn.
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Yeah, and take that Rotex to it and wipe it with water.
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