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Wood indentification
By:Pete Rudie
Date: 1/31/2001, 2:14 pm

A friend has some pallet skids from paper rolls shipped from southeast Asia. One of these species is very interesting. It is a dark reddish brown like mahogany, but very lightweight. One stick works out to 8.3 lb./cu. ft. Could this be the bubinga that was discussed recently? If so, is it good for anything boatwise or paddlewise? Does anybody have a URL for species identification? Thanks in advance to my fellow woodbutchers.

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Wood indentification
Pete Rudie -- 1/31/2001, 2:14 pm
Re: Wood-Butchers???
Rehd -- 1/31/2001, 8:35 pm
Re: Wood-Butchers? lots of them-just not me.
Tony -- 2/1/2001, 6:22 pm
;-) *NM*
Pete Rudie -- 2/1/2001, 2:27 pm
Re: Wood indentification
Grant Goltz -- 1/31/2001, 5:23 pm
use the unidentified pallet wood for paddle blades *NM*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/31/2001, 6:45 pm
good plan - just glued up a blank *NM*
Pete Rudie -- 1/31/2001, 8:05 pm