In article X96Bh.5122$TG6.1540@trnddc06, "dadiOH" wrote:
Doug Miller wrote:
In article .com,
"dpb" wrote:
On Feb 14, 2:24 pm, "Edwin Pawlowski" wrote:
"Don Wiss" wrote in message

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We have photographed and measured it. But what is the wood?

I vote for oak, but I'm not 100% sure. ...

I vote for oak, too. Specifically, it's white oak, and I'm
virtually 100% sure

You're virtually 100% mistaken, too. That absolutely is not oak of
any sort,
especially not white oak. The photograph shows vertical grain,
which in any
oak, would show significant ray flakes ...
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Except, of course in rift sawn oak. Which is (IMO) what this
is...rift sawn white oak.

Hellooooo.... it's a *round* object, which exposes *all* aspects of the grain.
Rift-sawn grain is visible at the left of the photo -- but look at the right
side of the photo, where the grain is perfectly vertical, perfectly
quartersawn. If it were white oak, or any other kind of oak, there would be
rays visible there.

There aren't. Therefore, that is *not* oak.

You're not the first person to mistake ash for oak, and you won't be the last,
either -- but mistake it you did.


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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.