On 11/5/2013 8:49 PM, Leon wrote:
On 11/5/2013 5:10 PM, Doug Miller wrote:
"SonomaProducts.com" wrote in
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On Sunday, November 3, 2013 9:10:14 PM UTC-8, Michael wrote:
Can any one tell me what kind of wood this is? It's
light-colored, feels like a hardwood, has some interesting
brown marking, doesn't particularly smell like anything when I
cut it.



http://imageshack.com/i/0xm6fij

Uhh not sure what these others are thinking but that is Cherry.
Color, grain, dark sap marks. It should burn easily if you slow
cut on a high speed tool and then smell a bit like a cherry
cigar.

No, it's not. The color is totally wrong for cherry, not nearly dark
or red enough. Sap marks
are too wide for cherry, and also not dark enough.

It's maple.



While I still think it is maple and not to argue here but the cherry
that we get in Houston tends to be quite lite in color. I find that it
is so lite that is often difficult to tell from some of the maple unless
it is right next to the maple. If I stare at it for a while I can tell
that the local cherry is not maple but not at first glance.

For instance, this cherry looks a whole lot like maple.

http://www.amazon.com/SOLID-CHERRY-H.../dp/B00633XVZE
Same here. I have had cherry that is difficult to tell from maple even
side by side. And that is why I stepped back and gave some room...

I like Leon's test of the color of the burn, very true that they have
different burn colors. To me both burn too easily.. I alway push cherry
as fast as it will go to avoid burning. So just slow down let it burn
and determine the color.

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Jeff