[Mgs] what wood for seat supports

[Howard Battan]

Kelvin, a suggestion on identifying the wood. Most colleges and universities
that have forestry or wood products curricula have classes in wood
technology which include identification of wood from small samples using a
microscope. It's pretty easy to do - even I could do it 20 years ago. I'd
bet you could find one in your area and have a student or grad student
identify it for you for free or for a very low price. Probably be much
easier than getting the FBI to do it for you.

Howard Battan
Anacortes, WA

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Kelvin
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Thanks for all of the suggestions.

I just love automotive archeology. The original sample I have is pretty
soft, but could still be Ash. I keep on reading that the FBI has some
kind of materials cross reference for forensic purposes but I doubt that
we can access it.

I'm going to send it to one of our wood fabricators and see what they
think. It's a US based company so we may end up going with something a
bit more available over here that can do the job like maple.