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Title: What kind of wood is this?
Post by: TripleB on December 02, 2011, 03:38:20 pm

I received 2 of these pieces of wood (8" wide 8' long x 3/4" thick) The guy who gave it to me didn't know what it is, I'm not sure either. So I thought I'd ask the pro's! I did sand a little bit and oil it for the picture.
Thanks,
Bob

Title: Re: What kind of wood is this?
Post by: dgman on December 02, 2011, 04:46:09 pm

It's hard to tell Bob. Is it heavy or light?

Title: Re: What kind of wood is this?
Post by: TripleB on December 02, 2011, 05:04:32 pm

Dan, it's actually pretty light.

Title: Re: What kind of wood is this?
Post by: daliclimbs on December 02, 2011, 06:05:06 pm

Hard to judge.. could be rosewood..

Title: Re: What kind of wood is this?
Post by: termite on December 02, 2011, 09:33:43 pm

i'm guessing some type of wood that passes for mahogny.

Title: Re: What kind of wood is this?
Post by: geneVG on December 02, 2011, 10:22:37 pm

I was given some wood that kind of looks like that.  What I was given was Pillippine mahogny.

gene

Title: Re: What kind of wood is this?
Post by: TripleB on December 02, 2011, 11:26:12 pm

I've been researching this wood and think that Gene and Termite are on the right track. The closest coloring and grain match appears to be possibly Red Mahogany. My earlier post stating this wood is light was simply wrong, I musta been feeling very strong earlier cus this wood is actually very heavy. I have another piece of known Mahogany that I compared it to, the grains are similar, but the unknown wood is quite yellower then the other piece.

Thanks for your help, at this point I'm calling it Mahogany, unless someone else can Identify what it really is.

Bob

Title: Re: What kind of wood is this?
Post by: Marshall on December 03, 2011, 01:09:23 am

This is a learning experience for I had no idea , I've never used Mahogany before - so it's different looking than I guess it would look - it does look as if there is some bug damage .......................MN

Title: Re: What kind of wood is this?
Post by: tux_linux on December 03, 2011, 04:40:37 am

is it stained?? looks like. Run a sander above to see of some comes off.
Mahogany would be quite heavy and hard.

Title: Re: What kind of wood is this?
Post by: Russ C on December 03, 2011, 07:21:40 am

I would guess Mahogany too. The picture looks like some that I used on a project awhile back.  :)

Title: Re: What kind of wood is this?
Post by: jimbo on December 03, 2011, 04:57:58 pm

Looks like Tasmania black wood to me, it grows in most countries
Jimbo