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Wood ID?

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  1. g60gti

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    found bout 6 splits of this in my stacks. Have no clue what it is, don't ever remember cutting it. I got some wood from the wife's cousin when he had to move out of his house, it was probably in there. Bark looks a little elmish to me but seems too smooth. Grain is pretty straight, looks mapleish to me. I really have no clue. Burns nice though.
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  2. papadave

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    Hmm. Can you whack a piece open so we can see the inside?

    Kinda looks red oaky.

    Or just throw it all in the stove to get rid of it. ;)
     
  4. Horkn

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    I see I'm not the only one thinking that.
     
  5. papadave

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    Split it open and get another pic, then take a sniff. Kinda like a scratch and sniff.
    If it's Oak, you'll know.
     
  6. g60gti

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    The grain does look like oak to me also but the bark is way off from anything I've ever cut. Could very well be, I haven't seen it all and never will in one lifetime.
    Next time I go out I'll split it open.
     
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    Yep.....choocherize it.
     
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    That's definitely going to happen, just wanna solve the mystery first.
     
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  9. Butcher

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    Pug 1?
     
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    I have seen red oak that looks like that.

    Have an end grain pic?
     
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    looks like an old weathered piece of sugar maple, all day long
     
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    Hmmm, I'm lost........again. :picard:
     
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    I agree.
     
  14. Horkn

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    Yeah, I was lost in that one too. I'm kinda out there, so if you've lost me, that's a feat.
     
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    Grain pattern could be Oak or SM.....heck, I dunno. I don't run across Sugar much.
     
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    Sorry, it was a reference to a goof who has a huge you tube channel. His word for smoke is chooch. Should you happen to look for the channel, dont blame for what you find. It's kinda like a bad train wreck. Just sayin.
     
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    Oh, I know of that guy. Choochin's my game.:salute:
     
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    Grain pattern does look sugary. I have a lot of sugar maple in my woods. But the bark, maybe that piece doesn't represent the sugar maple I'm used to. That's just piece though, so who knows?
     
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    I would say it's maple.
     
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    I am on the maple band wagon also
     
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