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Need a wood ID, please. - JokerRN - 01-02-2016
Not sure if there is a dedicated thread for this, but need help ID'ing this:
I'm a complete newbie... Oak?
Re: Need a wood ID, please. - DaveR1 - 01-02-2016
Looks to me like red oak but seeing the end grain would help.
Re: Need a wood ID, please. - Steve N - 01-02-2016
+1
Some good tips on telling here
My Uncle, who was the original Joker would cut a 3" long piece about 1" square of red, and white, hand you both with a glass of water, and instruct you to try to use them as a straw. You could suck water through the red oak, not the white. Then he would tell you about tyloses.
A backward demonstration below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIXZ9iYM4PA
Re: Need a wood ID, please. - SteveF - 01-02-2016
Sure looks like red oak to me.
Re: Need a wood ID, please. - JokerRN - 01-03-2016
Thanks, Guys. The picture makes it look redder than it is in person, but the grain pattern certainly looks oaky to me. That one black swirl was throwing me off I think. Here's the end grain:
Re: Need a wood ID, please. - Herb G - 01-03-2016
Red oak. I got a piece just like it in my basement.
Re: Need a wood ID, please. - Bibliophile 13 - 01-03-2016
Yep, red oak. Unfinished red oak is white. Unfinished white oak is brown. Go figure.
If still in doubt, the "straw test" mentioned above will help, too.
Re: Need a wood ID, please. - John Mihich - 01-03-2016
Good chance it's red oak. That black line is common. It could also be ash; very similar to RO. But my bet - RO.
The only thing that throws me off is the little black lines. Normally they are short and spaced out a bit more. But since it's riff sawn that could throw them off.
Re: Need a wood ID, please. - MichaelMouse - 01-04-2016
Honey Locust.
Does it stink when wet? Oak. Not, I'd go honey locust.
Re: Need a wood ID, please. - Martin S. - 01-04-2016
Ash cross section
I am thinking it could be ash.
No pith rays in your picture, which are usually present in oak.
Ash can have open pores like red oak.
Red oak should have obvious pith rays, which may not show up in your pic, but you should be able to see them with the naked eye.