[Woodworkers] Identify species...

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I would guess it is not ash.  The ash that has gone through my shop has
always been a lighter color than that and never saw that darker brown in
it.  i have seen that in hickory and also seen it in maple.  I have never
been able to identify wood my its bark.  The grain color and pattern in
hickory can really get crazy wild.  I've been staring at hickory cabinets
and hardwood flooring for almost 20 years now in our house.  the openness
of the grain does not remind me of maple.  If you would like to ship it to
me, I will compare it to my current stash of hickory and let you know what
I think.  I could even do some side by side pictures.  You wouldn't need
the wood back, would you?

Vince Granacher

On Thu, 12 Dec 2019 09:59:36 -0600, Brian Johnson via Woodworkers
<woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:
> Hey Folks -
> 
> This a reply to all the other replies, not just Gary's.
> 
> I'm pretty sure it's not hickory, the bark is wrong - though I suppose 
> it could be a species of hickory I'm not familiar with.
> 
> I had not considered ash as he said the tree was cut from his property 
> which had oak and hard maple. My limited experience with ash has always 
> been that it's a super light colored wood - this is a bit darker than 
> what I thought ash was, but every tree is different.
> 
> You folks were supposed to answer my question, not add more options! 
lol.
> 
> -Brian
> 
> gcw804 at aol.com wrote on 12/11/19 7:47 PM:
>> Brian,
>> 
>> I'm going to guess that maybe it's either Hickory or maybe Maple. I've 
>> never seen Ash with that much brown in it, but that doesn't  mean 
>> anything. lol.
>> 
>> If you find out, please let us know
>> 
>> 
>> Gary Williams
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Brian Johnson via Woodworkers <woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org>
>> To: woodworkers at sawdusters.org <woodworkers at sawdusters.org>
>> Cc: Brian Johnson <serversage at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Wed, Dec 11, 2019 1:24 pm
>> Subject: [Woodworkers] Identify species...
>> 
>> Hey Folks -
>> 
>> I'm finally back in the states after 5 years living abroad, and
starting 
>> to get my garage shop set back up. Part of that is acquiring some 
>> lumber. Yesterday I picked up 14 boards, all 4/4 x 100" x 6" or 8", 
>> species unknown. I've attached two photos, one of a board that still
had 
>> a bit of bark on it, and another showing the grain. Based on that I'm 
>> thinking it's oak, but the gentleman I picked it up from thought it 
>> might be hard maple. He's had it sitting in his garage for over 10 
>> years, so the memory is likely fuzzy.
>> 
>> Normally I wouldn't care, but I'm going to be trading some with my
uncle 
>> and would like to be able to tell him what it is. So, any ideas?
>> 
>> Thanks Folks!
>> 
>> -Brian
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