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It does look like it, especially the piece on the rite. Red oak has very open pores and is recognized easily by the end grain.

 

That's a really old design on the chair. Someone told me the design dates from the Civil War.

6 minutes ago, lew said:

It does look like it, especially the piece on the rite. Red oak has very open pores and is recognized easily by the end grain.

 

That's a really old design on the chair. Someone told me the design dates from the Civil War.

 

 

There were 2 chairs of similar design..My buddy had used them for camping chairs for years...but had gotten some new ones and offered these to me or he was going to throw them away.  I brought them home..we tried them in the yard for a cople weeks but didn't really care for them and I was tired of moving them. Thay sat too far back  for us. I knew if I didn't use them I'd use the wood so that's what happened. They've been tore down for about a year and in my shop...fixing to maybe incorporate  some of the wood in some euros. I'm guessing the chairs were north of 20 years old if not some older. Thanks for response. 

Edited April 15, 20224 yr by aaronc

Cut a thin (1/16" to 1/8") as possible but try to be consistent in thickness, slice across grain from the end of one board. Hold it up to the light or try to blow through it. If no light passes through or air, then very likely white oak otherwise probably red. Although ash can have similar grain patterns don't think it is ash.

So the missing pieces of oak strip flooring in my 1926 row house suspiciously add up to what is needed for one chair! 

 

 

22 minutes ago, The Woodman said:

So the missing pieces of oak strip flooring in my 1926 row house suspiciously add up to what is needed for one chair! 

 

 

 

 

I knew better! ...you just cant post anything on the internet and get away with it 

 

I've been an outlaw all my life.