Keith Carlson notes:

I know nothing of red oak, so don't know how that would end up
looking, however you sawed it.
Would like to use white oak, QS even, but the red oak is what I have
available, and it looks pretty good after being stained. To me, anyway.

Well, that's what counts. And red oak is preferred by many over white oak for
appearance. Rays are sometimes even bolder when quartersawn. I've got some
parts of my staircase in this house in red oak with rays you wouldn't believe.

It does not fume well, by all reports. I'm not up for trying fuming until we're
back in a permanent location, so can't comment. I'll try both and some others
when that happens.

Charlie Self

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