In article . net, Norminn wrote:
HotRod wrote:
Another hint you can give us is to tell us how hard the wood is. Take a ball
point pen and apply some light pressure and let us know if it leaves a mark.
The pine and fir will be soft.

That's a new one .. how many pounds of pressure to dent oak as compared
to pine and fir? The photo is definitely oak, not pine. Makes me want
to go antiqes shopping )

It certainly isn't pine or fir, but it also absolutely _is_not_ oak. Oak has
very prominent, unmistakeable rays that are clearly visible in vertical
(quartersawn) grain -- and completely absent in that photograph.

It's ash.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.