Wood ID help please *LINK*

suggestion

Bill Tindall, E.Tn.

The folks at Certainly Woods are typically helpful. Maybe they could ID the wood if you sent them a picture.

Thanks Bill

Keith Newton

I've bought from them a lot, over the years. Last night I went through all the menus and didn't find it, but didn't think about contacting them.

I guess I should go by there and look at it up close. She says she loves her kitchen island so much that she wants me to duplicate it when they build the new house out West, so I'll need to take some detail pics and measurements of that while they still own the place. It was made from figured Bubinga.

Re: Wood ID help please

William Duffield

Perhaps masur birch, a.k.a. Karelian birch?

https://www.wood-database.com/masur-birch/

Yes that is it. Thanks William

Keith Newton

I wish I was as smart as you. ;-)

Have you made that diffuser yet?

Re: Wood ID help please

John K Jordan

Difficult task without a piece of the wood that shows the end grain. Might be reasonable to just pick a likely candidate.

Curly Tashoovian ringwort

Clint Searl

Who's gonna know the difference?

My guess is pomelle sapele

Re: Yes that is it. Thanks William

Barry Irby

late to the party, but I agree. The minute I saw it I thought Masur Birch. William beat me to it.

Re: Yes that is it. Thanks William

William Duffield

No, I haven't made the flash diffuser yet, but I'm sure going to. Thanks for the idea, and for the help on close-up photography. Instead of an additional lens, I think I'm going to try some extension tubes first. I've made them work before, many years ago, even with a Pentax with a screw mount, which was much less convenient than Canon's bayonet mount. They also work with lenses with different filter sizes, and don't add any additional lens elements to the light path.