These are poplar i get the boards from a local saw mill. These happened to come from Lowes
ok thank you Kullas, im going to look at a hard ware store for some lengths of wood that has a decent end grain and if possible matched on each end, and cut them into 1/2 inch squares or smaller
![Tongue :P](http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/Smileys/default/tongue.gif)
might be oak might not be lol