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PINE
Pinus spp.
Pinus spp. of the family Pinaceae, the pine family
there are something just under 8 zillion kinds of pine and I'll go a ways towards sorting them out eventually, but for now, here's what I have on pine:
my samples:
clear white pine turning stick and end grain --- color shows just a touch too much red; the real wood is more white like the end grain closeup directly below.
end grain closeup of the piece directly above
clear white pine plank and end grain
end grain closeup of the piece directly above
clear white pine plank --- this plank has been exposed to the air for years. To see what the fresh wood looks like, check out the flats directly below
two sets of flats cut from the plank show above. This freshly cut and sanded wood certainly looks more attractive than the long-exposed surface on the mother plank. The difference in color between the two sets is correct and is partially due to the fact that the 2nd set is cut from an area where the grain is near-quartersawn whereas the first two come from an area that is closer to flat cut.
white pine plank and end grain
end grain closeup of the piece directly above --- pic has a red tint that is not in the wood; the pics above show the correct color
knotty white pine plank and end grain. Note that the only difference between clear white pine and knotty white pine is that the "clear" has been taken from an area with no knots.
end grain closeup of the piece directly above
white pine sample plank and end grain
end grain closeup of the piece directly above
lumber yard planks of white pine showing a considerable range of color and grain
lumber yard planks of knotty white pine showing only a modest range of color and grain varieties
four white pine planks at a lumber yard --- I took these pics specifically to get some pics of knotholes, but I figured I might as well post them here since these are good representations of white pine.
white pine planks
white pine plank with an orangish color
Eastern white pine sample plank and end grain
end grain closeup of the piece directly above
loblolly pine sample plank and end grain
end grain closeup of the piece directly above --- note the relatively similar widths of early and late growth, as opposed to the much wider early grown in most pine. I don't know if that's characteristic of loblolly pine, or is unusual. The one web pic that I have below shows are more "normal" wide early growth.
longleaf pine sample plank and end grain
end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of Virginia pine
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
knotty white pine plank and end grain. I had to buy a pine plank recently and found one at the hardware store that had this high-grain knot area at one end. The pic on the left has too much red.
same plank as directly above, but moistened with water, which as you can see does not make the kind of dramatic color change in this wood that it sometimes does in others woods.
yellow pine planks shot at a lumber yard --- rich reddish color is correct
knotty white pine veneer --- there's a touch too much red in these pics
knotty white pine veneer sheet and closeup
mottled Idaho white pine veneer
stitched white pine veneer sheet and closeup --- color is VERY INNACURATE --- I need to correct this. the actual wood is yellow/tan, not brown
stitched white pine veneer sheet and closeup --- color is VERY INNACURATE --- I need to correct this. the actual wood is yellow/tan, not brown
veneer sheet and closeup --- this was represented to me as yellow pine but it looks EXACTLY like Douglas fir, so I'm not sure
yellow pine veneer --- bright orangish yellow color is accurate
yellow pine plank shot at a lumber yard --- the pic is just a shade darker than the wood was
web pics:
white pine planks
white pine flooring
a white pine plank listed as "clear" which just means it's white pine without knotholes
eastern white pine planks
sugar pine carving blocks
sugar pine plank
white pine veneer
aromatic Swiss pine veneer
blue pine planks
caribbean heart pine plank
carolina pine veneer
denim pine plank
"huon" pine
jack pine plank
pine and knotty pine planks
knotty pine veneer
loblolly pine plank
lodgepole pine plank
Norfolk Island pine
ponderosa pine planks and turning stock
ponderosa pine plank --- color looks to dull/dark to me
Ponderosa pine veneer
Russian pine plank
"radiata" pine
red pine plank
scots pine plank
Scots pine veneer
sugar pine planks
swedish pine plank
Virginia pine plank
yellow pine planks
yellow pine plank with wet and dry sections
spalted pine
this was listed as "spalted" but the owner commented on the fact that the tree had been in a fire and it appears to me that this is not spalting at all but discoloration due to the fire
yellow pine veneer, a quartersawn piece and then two sets of flat cut pieces
Southern yellow pine planks
Southern yellow pine veneer
just labled pine
just labled pine veneer
bowl made from saplted pine
bowl of Norfolk pine, a wood I am not familiar with
knotty white pine overhead shelf with polyurethane coating that turns the pine a pretty yellowish tan. This shelf wraps around two sides of a small room and adds a nice touch to the high ceiling in addition to providing storage space for a lot of my wife's spinning and weaving implements. The elaborate supports (which can be viewed much more clearly in the enlargement) were done as a decorative touch and the planks were chosen for grain character and solid knots.