<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1251"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <P> <DIV>RicB said: "<FONT size=+0>If you work with wood with any sensitivity, you will learn to</FONT> <DIV><FONT size=+0>recognize reaction wood, and should expect it in juvenile wood, but</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>if it is over-cooked, I don't think there are any visible clues."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Ric,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>There are!<G> Maple gets the color of maple and it has an odd smell. </FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joseph Garrett, R.P.T.</DIV> <DIV>Captain, Tool Police</DIV> <DIV>Squares R I</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></BODY></HTML>