JosephThomas Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 Warning: I'm just going to dump a bunch of photos here...stop reading now if this kind of thing annoys you Bought some lumber last week and some of it the guy was calling 'mysterywood' because he didn't know what it was...pics below. This one is huge... 6/4x15"x11'...the contrast with the sapwood had me thinking cherry initially A couple shorter 6/4 boards with some nice figure when I wiped it down...looks and feels like the same species as the first board And 4 of these guys (6/4x4"x10')....they look and feel like all the same species as the above ones as well I cut the end off one of them and it looked a lot more pink than I expected: This stuff all felt really hard and dense, I was sure it was a hardwood of some kind, but the only thing with that pink color I've ever seen is doug fir. And it feels about 4x more dense than any doug fir I've ever laid hands on. These 2 were advertised as teak (the guy was an old boat captain and had used the stuff to replace and repair in the past). I've never had any teak in the shop, but it felt and smelled like the teak at my local mill: This one made me think sapele, but it was a similar color and feel as the ones above, so it might be teak as well: These guys were 12' boards..had to cut 6" off the end to even fit it in my shop They feel a bit oily like an exotic, but the density is pretty middle of the road. And this last guy was an ugly hideous bent to death board with a foot of check on each end...was about to put it in the fire pile and realized it was probably white oak. I cut it into smaller pieces since the bow and twist was way too much for me to even get it to stay on my lumber rack...might still end up firewood at some point, who knows, but it was free. Was a fun trip just seeing another guy's shop. He had decades of dust and dirt in there..also got some random walnut scraps, a few maple boards, and a couple scraps of zebrawood, and one that might be ironwood. Forgot to take photos of the little scraps, ah well. Time for me to sit back and wait for someone to say "it's all pine"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 The first one looks like some horrible padauk. The shorter boards you wiped down look like mahogany. The ones below those look like African mahogany. At least they have the color of raw African. Same with the stack of boards with cut ends...my guess is either mahogany or fauxhogany on all of those. Below that, I think teak is possible...it looks more like Afrormosia to me (African teak...not genuine). Below that, more fauxhogany. Below that, I agree those little boards look like sapele. The last pics, yep, white oak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephThomas Posted February 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 Thanks for the reply. I have one small board of padauk and its red as can be... That big one is a lot more muted and lighter. Does padauk lighten with time/exposure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llama Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 Don't listen to Eric. You bought a bunch of pine! Some masterful staining made it look other things. But, yep... Just pine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephThomas Posted February 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 4 minutes ago, Llama said: Don't listen to Eric. You bought a bunch of pine! Some masterful staining made it look other things. But, yep... Just pine. Lol. Yes, they stained the first board that way intentionally... Rrrrrrrright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 Yeah certain padauk boards can look all washed out and nasty like that. There's one in our yard as I type this. It has some orange in it...and creams and grays and browns and a whole lot of ugly. Without better pics I can't say with any degree of certainty. I just said what my first instincts were. Quite possibly wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephThomas Posted February 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 Yeah maybe I can take better pics today now that it's not raining... It feels similar to the fauxhogany stuff. I'm tempted to plane the end grain a little to get a better look, maybe I'll do that this afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 On the left Sapele, on the right Khaya (African Maghony) The first pics kinda look like the Khaya, really washed out though. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephThomas Posted February 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 2 hours ago, Derek said: On the left Sapele, on the right Khaya (African Maghony) The first pics kinda look like the Khaya, really washed out though. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk It does look similar to your khaya board there, and all the first 8 or so boards I posted feel like the same species to me, so it's a decent bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapid Roger Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 Who cares? It is beautiful wood. Make something with it and enjoy it. Everyone enjoys a good mystery! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephThomas Posted February 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 I care, just to know the limitations of it before I build something out of it. Wouldn't want to end up with red oak patio furniture (ok, extreme example). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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