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Unknown pallet woods.... prepared fairly rigorously (to reduce time and effort required to id), though i was limited to 800 grit.
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second from the bottom looks like yellow pine....
@jasongoldstein78 please provide us with an introduction to yourself in the new member intro area
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Please forgive my laziness. I did a few microseconds of searching and have returned, unable to find this "new members info area."
Can someone please point me in the correct direction?
very first option in forums area "introductions"
Introductions
Welcome to WoodBarter, please share some basic info about yourself and your woodworking "hobby" here with everyone before posting anywhere else on the forum.
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Also, can I change my user name? I should have come up with something less plane. If I wood have thought for a moment, I could have sprouted something better.
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Done...
Hello from scorching Phoenix.
Hi, My name is Jason. I am 42, I am currently building myself an off grid micro-house and my interior theme will be repurposed wood. I have collected various old (patinated) pallets and I am loving the wide diversity of hard and soft woods I am finding. However, I would like to also know what...
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I also have additional pics. I apologize for any redundancy, I figured I'd kill two boards with one stone and start separating and combining what I've got sanded by simple visual comparison of the end grains while waiting for resonses to my thread.
Your'e funny... You have a mix of species. Let's see, of the 10,000 woods sold commercially, only about 6,000 are commonly used in pallets. That limits things....
3 pictures up, white oak, elm, eucalyptus twice and another wood.
On a more serious note, most pallets are stamped with a country of origin and plant ID number. This can often help reduce possible candidates for a small region before going global. Limit your pictures to two boards at a time, showing end grain and face gain, and side grain as well. Color photos are a plus as are scale. Having a ruler in view can help. Paul will have some things to help you for sure.
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3 pictures up, white oak, elm, eucalyptus twice and another wood.
On a more serious note, most pallets are stamped with a country of origin and plant ID number. This can often help reduce possible candidates for a small region before going global. Limit your pictures to two boards at a time, showing end grain and face gain, and side grain as well. Color photos are a plus as are scale. Having a ruler in view can help. Paul will have some things to help you for sure.
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What would you prefer your new name to be?
@jasongoldstein78 welcome to the forum.
It's really annoying to have to refer to woods as "3rd from the bottom in the 2nd pic" kind of think. Please LABEL your pics at least with numbers for each wood and then we'll see about helping w/ IDs
It's really annoying to have to refer to woods as "3rd from the bottom in the 2nd pic" kind of think. Please LABEL your pics at least with numbers for each wood and then we'll see about helping w/ IDs
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if you read some of the other posts in the wood id forum, you'll get a much better understanding of the details and specifics needed to create a possible ID situation
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So, just to clarify, the pictures I have posted are insufficient alone? I appreciate your(s) and everyone else's time, and when I have time, I'll read. Any specific posts, or should i just wander around?
Can you elaborate on the terms;
1. DETAILS
2 SPECIFICS
I wood have thought a forum was a place people could join to accelerate the process if learning... especially from those who are passionate and actually want to teach.
But, I digress.
Thanks again!
Can you elaborate on the terms;
1. DETAILS
2 SPECIFICS
I wood have thought a forum was a place people could join to accelerate the process if learning... especially from those who are passionate and actually want to teach.
But, I digress.
Thanks again!
some of them may be identifiable by just the end grain but it's better to have at least face grain and density
To reiterate what someone already said, read some of the wood ID posts in the wood characteristics forum.
and that's exactly what you have joined. What makes you think otherwise?
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I learned more from this one light- hearted and witty post.
1. ~10,000 different species of wood are sold commercially.
2. ~6,000 of those are used to make pallets (I'm assuming the undesirable/ damaged/scrap pieces) from furniture manufacturers and lumber suppliers.
3. Most pallets (if not Frankensteined together) have a country of origin stamp (is there a decipher?)
4. The standard for which to submit unknown samples.
A. 2 sample per photo limit
B. Color pictures preferred
C. End, face and side grains
(properly prepared I'm assuming)
D. A ruler (sized to fit in pictures with samples)
E. There is a helpful member named Paul.
Well, Paul is SOMETIMES helpful. He's more likely to be of help if you visit his site, as suggested above, and if you provide a more adequate description of your woods. In addition to my previous comment, I would add that as Mark suggested, a scale next to each end grain would be good.
AGAIN --- look at my site. I don't expect you to do the quality of processing that I do, and usually it's not even necessary to go to that extreme but you need to do better than your first post. Number the woods, show face grain, scale with end grain, density, pallet stamp if one's available, etc. At least you're off to a good start with the good quality end grain pics. On some woods you will need MUCH better cleanup and much better resolution.
After we get this all sorted out, if there are any left with no ID you can send me a cutoff and I'll process it and see if that helps ID it.