Bob,
You can give it the "taste test." From the back of the dashboard, file out
small bits of the wood. If it is walnut, it will taste like a piece of a
walnut shell (I'm not kidding).
Mahogany, I recall, is more open grained than walnut. Cheaper, too!
I have another, foolproof test: I'm highly allergic to walnut sawdust. I
found this out when I was sanding down the case of a grandfather clock I was
building. Within 10 minutes, my eyes started to water and my nose ran like
a tap. Mahogany doesn't do that to me.
Chuck Vandergraaf
'52 +4
Pinawa, MB
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> From: deemi@juno.com[SMTP:deemi@juno.com]
> Sent: Saturday, April 10, 1999 11:06 AM
> To: gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com
> Cc: Vandergraaf, Chuck; nogera@prodigy.net; morgans@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Wood Dashboards
>
> My notes have "a polished walnut surround"
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> this was for my +4 Super Sport, 1963
>
> I would really like to know if this is Mahagony or walnut.
>
> Bob Bowie in Maine
> Mog SS # 5381
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