What type of hardwood is this?

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Can someone tell me what type of hardwood this is? I found it in the trash bin in the woodshop and I don’t know what it’s called.

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They are designed to quickly frame houses, not be durable furniture.

Can confirm: this stuff is way harder than the studs are. I used the same size pilot hole that I used in the wall studs, and it sheared the heads right off the deck screws.

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From looking at pics/grain/color plus your description, my guess is hard or rock maple.

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+1 on maple, grain and color are a match.

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Definitely Maple.

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Confirmed! Hard maple! In regards to its hardness, they actually use it for bowling alley lanes so it’s some pretty durable, dimensionally stable, easy to work with stuff! And pretty cheap! 4-5$ per BF