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   oldusty | Mar 21, 2007 06:15am | #1

   rickww ,

                   Could you mean Birds eyes ?

                    If so , the Maple would be correct .

                               dusty

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   philip | Mar 21, 2007 10:40am | #2

   Dusty, lol you are on the ball! He must mean birds eye as you say.
   Rick: fish eye is that effect you get when spraying lacquers and there is contamination such as silicone on the wood or foreign stuff like oil in the airline....Philip Marcou

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   oldusty | Mar 21, 2007 04:50pm | #4

    Good Day philip ,

              This is right up your alley perhaps but , isn't there an Australian wood named Fish scale Oak ? or something like that. I've seen it and it looks like Q Sawn Oak but the rays are short and more rounded in shape and the wood has a darker color than Red or White Oak has. Perhaps you know this wood by another name ?

       Mook , on an aside note I've pasted one of the photos off Wictors website that has your planes on them as the background on my computer screen . My soon to be 15 year old son said now he knows I'm not right . I do enjoy looking at the photo of your beautiful machine work , but one thing that would serve to enhance perfection a tad more imo , would be some curly fine long shavings of wood . To me the photo would be complete ,and should  be used as a centerfold of tool catalogs of course , it just looks so pristine and unscathed in it's new and unused state , sort of like a " deed mummy in a glass case " and we all know that's just not good .

                        make today a good one

                                             dusty

   Edited 3/21/2007 10:41 am ET by oldusty

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   Kevin | Mar 21, 2007 06:07pm | #6

   So-called Australian Fishtail Oak seems to more commonly be called "Lacewood" from what I have found. A friend gave me a thin piece of scrap and I loved it so I tried to find a lumber source and struck out completely. But since then I've gotten into using Lacewood and have found what I think is the true Lacewood mixed in with the Aussie wood and all of it being called "Lacewood" even though the Aussie wood is noticibly darker and has a finer, tighter pore structure that the true (?) Lacewood. I've seem them mixed together as one species at both Rocklers and at WoodCraft Supply.

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   philip | Mar 22, 2007 01:45pm | #7

   Nah, not me Dusty.... if I have established that a wood is from Australia then I just call it a Gumtree-safe bet as they have a monopoly on that wood. (;)
   You are quite correct on the shavings: I will have to do some sort of uncontrived photography.Philip Marcou

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   rickww | Mar 22, 2007 05:29pm | #8

   Thanks for all the responses on my question about "fish eyes"...... WRONG TERM!!!!  I don't know why I said that, I don't even like fish.........  I do like birds though.  Hey, thanks again.

                               Rick

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   joinerswork | Mar 21, 2007 03:04pm | #3

   rick,

   River birch.  Use at least 20# test line, though, and be wery, wery, quiet.

   Ha, hahahahhh.

   Ray

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   ajoe | Mar 21, 2007 05:51pm | #5

   basswood