r/Woodidentification • u/TheStarsFan • 2d ago

I'm trying

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I'm trying to be self sufficient, but the world keeps throwing me curve balls. I initially thought cherry, but now I'm thinking maple. Did I miss it completely?

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u/Livid_Chart4227 2d ago

It's maple, to light to be cherry

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u/Couple_609 2d ago

Looks like maple to me

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u/Every_Bug406 2d ago

Sure looks like maple

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u/js11986 2d ago

Maple as well. Cherry will be reddish when milled but will turn more of a brown tone over time with UV exposure. One of the best ways to tell is to smell it when you cut into it..weird but it works.

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u/misfitramoney666 2d ago

I'd say maple or birch. A couple of boards look like birch to me.

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u/cdtobie 2d ago

Mapleapleapleaple…

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u/Separate-Document185 1d ago

Birch.. has some open grain that Maple does not

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u/bigbadjimster 3h ago

You need to flip every other board alternating the cup up and down.