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   DavidxDoud | Feb 25, 2005 08:26pm | #1

   nice score,  congrats -

   I'm midwest,  and unlikely to be able to help,  but would like to request a photo or two of the doors  - - would help with our taking WAGs -

   Jon Arno:  what a loss - <momentary bow of the head>

    

    

   "there's enough for everyone"
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   spinnm | Feb 25, 2005 09:31pm | #2

   Why didn't I think of that?  We've only stripped one door from the built-in linen closet.  These are uncarved.  The carved ones have the Rosette pattern used a lot even today.

   We've only lightly stripped it.  Will come up lighter with reapplication, but you can see how red it is.  I have some bedroom furniture, bought an estate sale, same vintage, same coloration.

   
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   Tao | Feb 25, 2005 11:51pm | #3

   Ponderosa pine would be my first guess.  It's extremely common in the Southwest.  I used to chew up as much as 70,000 board feet per week, so I have an idea what it looks like.  It is a yellow pine, but it often has a reddish heartwood and the sapwood turns orangey brown with age.

   Even if you use pond. pine, it won't look the same until it has a couple of decades age on it.

   Michael R

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   DavidxDoud | Feb 26, 2005 12:58am | #4

   Wondering whether I have any hope of matching it. 

   posit that we come to agree this is Pondarosa pine - it would be available in the trade,  but your challenge in matching would be to obtain wood that exhibited the slow growth of your example - - I'd suggest you try to find a wood-mizer (or any other brand of small sawmill) owner and see if it leads anywhere - -

   you could post an free add here: http://www.woodweb.com/Forums/FMLumberWTB.html

   and search here: http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/lumber.pl?index

   and I would contact woodmizer to find a mill owner near your area: http://www.woodmizer.com/en/index.aspx

    

   "there's enough for everyone"
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   spinnm | Feb 26, 2005 01:36am | #5

   Never happen.  Most of the small mills have shut down thanks to the spotted owl.  There are still a few, but they specialize in rough-sawn for that New Mexico adobe look.  And, you don't see much knot-free as these doors pretty much are.

   Thanks for telling me that ponderosa takes on that look with age and sapwood.  I started really looking at a chest that I had made in Juarez about 20 years ago.  Yep.  It's getting a rosy cast that I just didn't notice.  I remember that it was quite white when we brought it home unfinished.

   Think I'll just go with my original plan which was not to match, but to contrast.

   Thanks,

   ShelleyinNM

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   highfigh | Feb 26, 2005 02:11am | #6

   Another possibility is Douglas Fir. That does have a rosy cast to it and you can find it all over.
   "I cut this piece four times and it's still too short."

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   spinnm | Feb 26, 2005 03:07am | #7

   That is a very smart idea.  And, I love the look of fir.  I'll chew on that some. 

   Thanks,

   ShelleyinNM

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   macalex | Feb 26, 2005 07:55am | #8

   Look around for some recycled douglas fir ... you'll lose the surface colour, but may be able to stain up (gently) to get a close matchNew Zealand | New Thinking

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   spinnm | Feb 26, 2005 08:55am | #9

   Or,,,some recycled heart pine.  This is getting very expensive, guys.