Wood grain identification please ?
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tim burr
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Looking at it on a pokey little tablet but I'm pretty sure it's oak.
That's fantastic. I've spent days pouring over images of wood grain trying to find a match and drawn an absolute blank.
Just a few mins on here and "Bingo" ! I've found another image of Poppy Oak wood grain and they match up perfectly. Thank You.
Just a few mins on here and "Bingo" ! I've found another image of Poppy Oak wood grain and they match up perfectly. Thank You.
Sorry typo- pippy oak. Beautiful timber. pippy-oak-box-t64412.html?hilit=%20Pippy
Could have been local (uk), or European sourced. The pips, as I understand it, are little branches that sprout, typically where the tree gets plenty of light, so parkland trees for instance. Where they are in a dense forest, the trees grow upwards for light so you get long straight (pip free) wood.
Could have been local (uk), or European sourced. The pips, as I understand it, are little branches that sprout, typically where the tree gets plenty of light, so parkland trees for instance. Where they are in a dense forest, the trees grow upwards for light so you get long straight (pip free) wood.
Wood Monkey
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Hi Piggolo
As mentioned previously the pips come from small side branches. Usually clusters of very small branches. Look at trees as you drive around and you'll see them.
I had some Oak trees milled in Surrey a few years ago and I've come across many pippy boards. In fact, I retained a lot of the 'waste' boards cut from the outside of the tree purely because they make nice feature pieces. I call it 'waste' because that's how it was described to me, but honestly I'm amazed such pieces are not retained as premium pieces.
Your photo seems to show a repeat pattern which suggests it may be a veneer. Well actually several veneers cut from the same board hence the repeat pattern.
Here's a section of one of my boards that I made into a table top recently.
Jon
[Edit.... Put the image back after I deleted it.... #-o ]
As mentioned previously the pips come from small side branches. Usually clusters of very small branches. Look at trees as you drive around and you'll see them.
I had some Oak trees milled in Surrey a few years ago and I've come across many pippy boards. In fact, I retained a lot of the 'waste' boards cut from the outside of the tree purely because they make nice feature pieces. I call it 'waste' because that's how it was described to me, but honestly I'm amazed such pieces are not retained as premium pieces.
Your photo seems to show a repeat pattern which suggests it may be a veneer. Well actually several veneers cut from the same board hence the repeat pattern.
Here's a section of one of my boards that I made into a table top recently.
Jon
[Edit.... Put the image back after I deleted it.... #-o ]
RogerS
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Always an interesting debate with pippy oak as to whether one fills in the small holes (and if so what with) or not.
carlb40
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Pips? :mrgreen:RogerS":3sr9aagh said:
