Hello all...
Does anyone have any idea what this is?
I got it from a luthier's garage who recently passed away.
It is old, and smells like garage
, so no hints there...Thanks for your help!
Stephen
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| Author: | Ziegenfuss [ Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:08 pm ] |
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Hello all... Does anyone have any idea what this is? I got it from a luthier's garage who recently passed away. It is old, and smells like garage , so no hints there...Thanks for your help! Stephen |
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| Author: | Ziegenfuss [ Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:10 pm ] |
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Sorry - not sure if it is obvious or not in the pictures... it is for sure a softwood.... |
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| Author: | peterm [ Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:14 pm ] |
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does it have an odor? |
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| Author: | LanceK [ Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:39 pm ] |
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peterm wrote: does it have an odor? Bat poop! I was there 
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| Author: | Hesh [ Mon Oct 27, 2008 1:08 pm ] |
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White Pine |
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| Author: | K.O. [ Mon Oct 27, 2008 1:21 pm ] |
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Name this wood! Ok!! "Charlie" Looks like White pine to me also. |
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| Author: | Mike Collins [ Mon Oct 27, 2008 1:58 pm ] |
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Looks like Fir! Mike |
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| Author: | Don Williams [ Mon Oct 27, 2008 2:18 pm ] |
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Marine grade Sitka. |
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| Author: | Ziegenfuss [ Mon Oct 27, 2008 2:24 pm ] |
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I do not know what it is: when sanding it, it smelled like a 2x4, but it also smells like the sitka top I am working with right now...but it does not look like stika..it probably is pine... it tings like cardboard... 
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| Author: | Michael Dale Payne [ Mon Oct 27, 2008 2:29 pm ] |
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may be Bald Cypress |
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| Author: | Mike Collins [ Mon Oct 27, 2008 2:31 pm ] |
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Smells like a 2x4! That's usually Spruce or Fir! Hey Don is Marine grade what Marines use for bracing??  Mike |
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| Author: | K.O. [ Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:00 pm ] |
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 http://www.utextension.utk.edu/publications/pbfiles/pb1692.pdf |
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| Author: | K.O. [ Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:49 pm ] |
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Just in case anyone wants this, 9+ meg Cites tropical wood id guide. http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/enforce/pdf/Wood/CITES_Wood_Guide.pdf |
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| Author: | Alain Moisan [ Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:01 pm ] |
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Another vote for Fir. |
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| Author: | Jason [ Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:45 pm ] |
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I can't say for sure just looking at those photos but it could definately be spruce.. The sapwood hasn't been trimmed off, it stained before it was processed/dried and it looks like full of pitch. I don't know much about fir but if you fall a spruce tree in the spring/early summer thats what happens to it. |
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| Author: | Ken Franklin [ Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:55 pm ] |
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My guess is Douglas fir. |
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| Author: | Mike_P [ Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:27 pm ] |
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looks a lot like sugar pine to me (a type of white pine) http://www.woodfinder.com/woods/scans/sugar_pine.jpg I've used it a few times as a trim carpenter, and prefer more solid typical white pine....this stuff tends to route poorly and a climb cut is pretty much required and even that leaves a lot of fur... |
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| Author: | Mike OMelia [ Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:59 pm ] |
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Fire? Mike 
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| Author: | Steve Kinnaird [ Tue Oct 28, 2008 9:44 pm ] |
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I'm with Hesh and Mike P. Looks like White Pine, and will make a fine top. For a dulcimer. Steve |
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| Author: | stan thomison [ Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:27 pm ] |
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Mike Collins wrote: Smells like a 2x4!
That's usually Spruce or Fir! Hey Don is Marine grade what Marines use for bracing?? Mike |
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| Author: | stan thomison [ Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:30 pm ] |
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Mike, nope we use Marine grade balsa wood, it is just stronger and tougher than the other grades or civilian spruce. |
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