Video 2 Hardwood Identification

[HpeAnLve]

1:30 Poplar
2:29 Birch
3:53 Alder
4:55 Red Oak
6:00 Whit Oak
7:30 Maple
9:03 Cherry
10:23 Douglas Fir
12:40 Walnut
13:35 Philippine Mahogany
15:13 African Mahogany
16:43 South American Mahogany
17:34 Wenge
18:29 Teak
19:24 Koa

[matthewsielski]

Great video. 2023 here for those prices tho

[dianes]

Thanks for your video. I am refinishing an old cabinet and I’m trying to figure out what kind of wood it is. Still don’t know, but your video gave me more information. Thanks again.

[mtmals]

Be nice to have a downloadable photo app to scroll through an my tablet when searching through piles of fire wood and chopped trees. Nice feature... thanks.

[conscience-commenter]

Thank you for that interesting ID lesson Glen . Can you do one on ebony varieties because the internet has them all screwed up ?

[flutterbydragonfly]

I thank you for this video. I am trying to identify the wood in a mid century modern shelves that I found at an estate sale. It's made out of the most beautiful wood I've ever seen. I believe the unit is made out of the last type that you featured.

[brainsmith]

Great information, the prices are helpful if for nothing else it can be used as a historical price control, and also help me decide how valuable I want to make that nut cracker bowl I always wanted. Thanks keep them coming.

[anyhoot]

Good info. As for guitar woods, acoustic and electric can vary depending on individual taste. I currently use a Sepele acoustic that sounds beautiful. However, the more common woods would be mohagany sides and back with a Sitca Spruce top. I prefer Adirondack Spruce for a top.

Electric is a whole other story. Currently I use a mohagany Les Paul that has the classic Gibson sound. Also, I use a Stratocaster with an ash body (also called swamp ash or lite ash). The Stratocaster also has a birdseye maple neck and fretboard. In the past I've played an eastern rock maple guitar that was loaded with sustain.

You could could quite literally do a series of videos on woods used for guitars and other musical instruments. As a guitar player I value the knowledge of those that work with wood. Again, good info and good examples of woods.

[leek]

Thank you! This is very interesting, and so well done!

[NMranchhand]

That was a very useful and entertaining presentation. Thank you. I appreciate the pricing information as it will remain true, one species relative to another. The specific cost at a given time is unimportant. I especially enjoyed the notes on non-furniture uses.

[kookoo]

Thanks a lot for this very informative video. 👍

[cruzanmongoose]

I live in ST Croix US VI and we have south American Honduras and Cuban mahogany,  aka west Indian mahogany.. It ranges in price from 25 to 30 dollars a board foot. I have a mill and those are the only two woods I mill.. I built all my windows, doors, furniture, kitchen with it..  the west Indian mahogany is way better than the south American mahogany, and can be up to 3 times heavier than the Honduras mahogany growing in South America,  and is way better on the weathering rot resistance than the South American mahogany.. It's because of the climate here in the Caribbean is drier, the trees are stressed and are slower growing here making for more dense form of mahogany. I've had boards sitting on the ground for ten years in direct weather and one or two passes through a planer and it's like new.. really great wood definitely one of the best..

[cuneytcagdas]

Very helpfull explanations thank you. I want to manufacture my own drums sticks with ash wood, because in my country its impossible to find hickory and less dried oak wood but i can find heavy weight ash's wood.can you suggest to make drums sticks from ash wood?

[maryamtaimur]

We want more videos from you .... teach us carpentry please

[BobbyBaloney]

Extremely interesting. Thanks for sharing that knowledge

[Annunaki_]

I think the expression that something is “cherry” refers to the object described being “as new” or “unspoiled”, as in virginal. I don’t think it is related to the characteristics of Cherry wood.

[ianpartak]

You are confusing your poplars. The wood you show and the leaf you show are from tulip poplar (not a true poplar but a magnolia; liriodendron tulipifera)

Tulip poplar is not related to aspen or cottonwood, the true poplars, (genus name Populus) true poplars are also used for similar purposes with soft, light wood further adding to the confusion.

[justinthomas]

Would you be willing to share the actual presentation somehow?

[crocsonletsgo]

Pine is my favorite. Did i miss that part?

[killersugar]

That’s not true poplar, that’s the tulip tree.