Thread: Need help - identifying wood :)

Hey guys thanks for the help, just to confirm this turned out to be a plank of cedar, a friend of mine who is ripping some oak down into scale sizes took one look at it and said it was cedar.

He ripped it down for me just out of curiosity and it's almost as flimsy as balsa wood in 4 - 5 mm thicknesses, so whilst it would be a good project for me to try and make scales from , with the whole hardening process etc I'm not the most advanced person at making scales yet so figured I would stick with oak for the time being

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Or Lucky

To me it looks like meranti, cheap wood but hard enough to make scales from. It looks fine when oiled

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Gotta think philippine mahogany,whatever it is looks far to pithy for scales.

+1, thats my vote also

Charlie

If you’re looking for cheap exotic wood, look at old pallets, especially ones from out of the US. Many are made from oaks and mahogany and at times figured nicely, once cleaned up. Often you can find broken pallets in or next to the trash bins.

Take a small hand plane with you & be amazed at what you’ll find. I know a guy, who makes some beautiful picture frames from re-claimed pallet rack wood.

One of the things I do is search thrift stores for broken wood statues. You can buy a chunk of Ironwood or even some rosewood for a buck or two. I can get a gang load of great scales from a busted up carving.

garage sale,solid ebony,two bux (for Both) lots of material for brush handles, scales,whatever.