what type of wood is this?

banjolelebsi · Jan 19, 2013

Hi all

Please can someone tell me what kind of wood this is?

I am half way through finishing this neck, my 4th, and still i don't know the wood type.

Thanks

Simon

weerpool · Jan 19, 2013

that would be a Fir

Rick Turner · Jan 19, 2013

I've worked with a lot of fir, vertical and slab grain, and that doesn't look like it very much.

The internet is a bad place to get wood ID's. I have to touch, put my thumbnail into it, see real color, grain patterns, chatoyance, even smell wood to get close to some woods.

ksquine · Jan 21, 2013

Looks like a soft-wood. I'll guess southern yellow pine

Skinny Money McGee · Jan 22, 2013

So your the one who stole my picket fence :music:

maclay · Jan 22, 2013

Rick Turner said:
I've worked with a lot of fir, vertical and slab grain, and that doesn't look like it very much.

The internet is a bad place to get wood ID's. I have to touch, put my thumbnail into it, see real color, grain patterns, chatoyance, even smell wood to get close to some woods.

"touch" Rick I have seen you lick boards in an attempt to identify it. LOL

Rick Turner · Jan 22, 2013

Yep, Jake is right. Taste is another good sense to use! Just watch out for splinters.

pakhan · Jan 22, 2013

+1 for taste.

duh Padma · Jan 22, 2013

Well,

me first thought wood be one of the firs, probably Douglas although the colour is a tad on the pink side which might actually make it Larch, which is often mistaken for fir and sold and used as fir in construction framing.

next time yer wanting wood ID ...post 3 pics please...fresh cuts of end grain, side grain and face grain wood make it easier to identify... also includeing some sawdust / plane shavings to smell and taste really helps.:drool:

blessings
duh ?adma

lauburu · Jan 23, 2013

Radiata pine?

hawaii 50 · Jan 23, 2013

maclay said:
"touch" Rick I have seen you lick boards in an attempt to identify it. LOL

Ha ha good one Jake.. i kind of believe you too!

BlackBearUkes · Jan 24, 2013

maclay said:
"touch" Rick I have seen you lick boards in an attempt to identify it. LOL

Let's hope it is not Hemlock.

what type of wood is this?

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