Can U i.d. this wood?

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deadedith

Can U i.d. this wood?

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Three pix - not so good,the middle pic is truest to the color, I might be able to do better - of a bunch of wood flooring planks (about 7"x1") left in the attic in the barn for at least 20 years. Our living room floor is made out of the stuff - it finishes beautifully - very hard wood. This house was once owned by a lumber yard owner who had access to some good stuff, but I don't know what this is. Would better pix help?
I'm thinking some 3 piece backs...
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DaveB
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Looks a little like padauk with the heartwood along one edge. How hard is it? Does it smell almost like cinamon when you san or work it?
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the pictures are not much help . this could be any of many woods .
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Post by kencierp »

A guess for sure -- but based on the look, age and usage -- I'd say it is Southern Yellow Pine -- used often for the main sections of the flooring. Some builders would do the perimeter/edges (a foot or so out) with White or Red Oak. If it is SYP, it is very difficult to work -- hard and sometimes stringy. $.02
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Ok, I'll do some sanding and get a shot of end grain.
The top 2 pix were taken after cleaning the accumulated junk off the unfinished wood and wiping it with naptha - the color is true. The bottom pic - the light must have been funny.
I'll try again.
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Dave
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Brazillian Cherry???
Slacker......
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Adaboy - that could be. Ken Cierp gave me a link - http://www.countryplank.com/species/ - and with a finish coat this stuff would have a reddish cast to it for sure.

Maybe yellow pine - but I remember a former owner saying South american or African - I was not the wood nut then that I am now.

No distinctive odor to speak of. Sawdust is orangy.

Two more pix - one taken in the shop, one taken of the floor.

Fun! Maybe a bridge/fretboard, veneer source! It would look fine.

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BTW, if any of you guys out West would be interested, I am not tooled up to cut this into fingerboard blanks, bridge blanks, or headstock veneer and tail wedges, but I would be willing to ship to and from someone who could do the cutting and would offer to pay in the same wood planks or maybe some $.

DaveB
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