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Contractor

Boulder climber

Jun 24, 2018 - 05:14pm PT

Wow, some serious history there! Read about the fall of Aleppo during the crusades.

climber

away from the ground

Jun 24, 2018 - 08:25pm PT

Bumping the shanty out of the way to start on the chalet.

climber

away from the ground

Jun 28, 2018 - 06:54pm PT

28 Window sills with bookmatched apron. Some have nice spots of figure.
If you can guess the species I would be surprised.

wilbeer

Mountain climber

Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,

Jun 28, 2018 - 06:59pm PT

Nice.

Contractor

Boulder climber

Jun 28, 2018 - 07:57pm PT

Poplar
Second guess- liquid amber

bajaandy

climber

Escondido, CA

Jun 28, 2018 - 08:10pm PT

F, my first thought was that it looks a lot like Butternut, but I have to assume that's an errant guess since you said you'd be surprised if anyone guessed it.

climber

away from the ground

Jun 28, 2018 - 08:27pm PT

Nope and nope.
It’s technically a hardwood. But it’s soft.
I’ve never seen it sold by any supplier.
This was harvested about a half a mile from the property it now rests in, milled by a friend, dried and planed by someone else, and brought back to the jobsite all in about 10 weeks time.
Finish is BLO.
I bet Jimbo knows what it is. He knows everything.

Contractor

Boulder climber

Jun 28, 2018 - 08:36pm PT

Fuk! Gum? (Eucalyptus)

Contractor

Boulder climber

Jun 28, 2018 - 08:42pm PT

So here's the progress on the flush base and skirt boards. Lot's of detail work yet to do.

climber

away from the ground

Jun 28, 2018 - 08:50pm PT

Nope, nope, nope.
Another hint. Some folks wont even burn it. Considered total garbage wood by most people. (Most people are st00pid so that’s not much of a hint)
Around this time of year it makes it look like it’s snowing....

hooblie

climber

from out where the anecdotes roam

Jun 28, 2018 - 08:51pm PT

cottonwood!

edit: could have saved you boys the all that key strokin' if the first clue had been "park not beneath"

John M

climber

Jun 28, 2018 - 08:52pm PT

Love this thread.. lots of beautiful stuff being built.

climber

away from the ground

Jun 28, 2018 - 08:59pm PT

Hooblie nails it.
Black Cottonwood.
If you take it to 300 grit and use an oil on it the figure shines. The grey tones match the rest of the ebonized wood in the house I’m just finishing.
A much underappreciated species.
A bit of bookmatching, a bit of polish, and it’s worth a lot to the right customer.

rottingjohnny

Sport climber

Sands Motel , Las Vegas

Jun 28, 2018 - 09:04pm PT

Reilly would have figured it out before Hooblie...Dude is smarter than Henry Kissinger...OT

bajaandy

climber

Escondido, CA

Jun 28, 2018 - 09:07pm PT

I get it... nails it.
Freakin carpenter jokes.

Contractor

Boulder climber

Jun 28, 2018 - 09:17pm PT

Umm guys...

Both tall trees with sweeping branches, poplars and cottonwoods are not very dissimilar. Both are members of the Populus genus, which includes poplars, cottonwoods and aspens.

unmistakable streaks of lime green and a pale lavender

originalpmac

Mountain climber

Timbers of Fennario

Jun 28, 2018 - 09:22pm PT

Yeah, I second the cottonwood guess.

climber

away from the ground

Jun 28, 2018 - 09:40pm PT

Genus is not species, Contractions. You can buy 1x6 poplar at Home Depot. But it looks nothing like a 5/4x17” black cottonwood. And just try to source 5/4x17” cottonwood somewhere.