In article , "Cabinets Galore" wrote:
oak - NOT
ash - NOT

it is gum wood

Nope. It's ash.

many old world turned pieces were gum wood.

This isn't in the Old World.
that is what it looks like.

No, it's not.




"Don Wiss" wrote in message
.. .
|I have an 1891 row house in Brooklyn. One of my newel post finials is
| missing. But neighbors with identical houses still have theirs. So a
friend
| of mine that is adept with a lathe has offered to make me a new one.
We
| have photographed and measured it. But what is the wood? A fellow that
I
| once was going to hire to make it said white oak. Then my friend
thought it
| was Douglas fir. But a friend of his that comes from Eastern Canada
says it
| is definitely yellow pine, and pointed out several features that are
| inconsistent with Douglas fir. Now the only pine in my house is the
floors.
| And the wainscoting near the finial is oak. My friend says oak is
easier to
| turn. What do you guys think it is? [Warning, this was not reduced in
size,
| so it is 441MB.]
|
| http://donwiss.com/finial.jpg
|
| Don www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).



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