So the consensus seems to be Maple. I am amazed. Seems like Maple is pretty
expensive but this thing wasnt well taken care of.

Thanks for all the help!
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"Fred the Red Shirt" wrote in message
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"Mike Hide" wrote in message
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Maple me thinks....mjh

Yep, that's maple. The clincher is the tiny ray-flecks (not
pores) in the quarter sawn grain that show up in maple and
cherry only when the grain is very close to perpendicular
to the surface.

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