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Oak ID
Just in case you ever find yourself trying to determine whether the piece of oak board you have is red oak or white oak, here's a little trick that works every time. Take a short, straight-grained length of the wood, stick one end in a glass of water, and blow into the other end like a straw. If bubbles form in the water, you've got red oak.
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