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| Author: | Serge Poirier [ Mon Jan 09, 2006 4:46 am ] |
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Hi all, i came upon an old dresser made in the 1950's, the planks have 28 1/2" long x 5 1/2" wide x 3/4" thick. To my novice's eyes, it looks like maple but not sure. could you identify it for me and would it be good for neck blanks and if so, would it look good on a guitar made with LUTZ TOP and EIR back & sides? I'm about to start a double build for my Mom and Dad, not wanting to take any chances and your input would be very welcome. Here are a couple of pics. TIA Serge 
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| Author: | Alain Desforges [ Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:22 am ] |
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... Serge, peut-etre du frene ou de l'erable. C'est dur a dire avec les photos... |
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| Author: | Rod True [ Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:31 am ] |
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Gee, you'd think Everyone in Canada would speak French. , ya what he said. |
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| Author: | Alain Desforges [ Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:34 am ] |
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Sorry folks, Serge and I always communicate in french when we PM each other... Maybe some pics of that wood sanded and with some mineral spirits? |
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| Author: | CarltonM [ Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:23 am ] |
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[QUOTE=Hesh1956] looks like a cedar family wood - do I get a prize?[/QUOTE] Salvaged lard! |
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| Author: | Serge Poirier [ Mon Jan 09, 2006 9:57 am ] |
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Thanks guys anyways, hard to tell, one would have to see it closer i guess! Gonna just put it aside for a while and probably use it for tail blocks or something else structural! Really dense though. might just be very amical lard too 
Serge |
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| Author: | Graham Steward [ Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:37 am ] |
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If it's cedar you should just be able to sand it a bit and give it a smell test. I love the smell of sanded cedar. 
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| Author: | Alain Desforges [ Mon Jan 09, 2006 12:06 pm ] |
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...Hmmm, sanded cedar... someone should look into making a perfume with that scent... I bet it would go over big time with the ladies! |
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| Author: | Terry Stowell [ Mon Jan 09, 2006 12:16 pm ] |
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I've used some of that "dresser wood" too. Mine was definitely not cedar. Maple or beech. Good fer jigs n such |
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| Author: | Serge Poirier [ Mon Jan 09, 2006 3:21 pm ] |
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Could it be like Alain said, Fraxinus nigra or the WHITE kind of fraxinus? |
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| Author: | Serge Poirier [ Mon Jan 09, 2006 3:23 pm ] |
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Doesn't smell anything like cdar though! Should either be maple or fraxinus, which i don't know the English name BTW. |
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| Author: | PaulB [ Mon Jan 09, 2006 9:31 pm ] |
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Looks like Bass wood (Tilia americana), to me anyways. |
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