Coop Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 @phinds, can you identify this as either teak or mahogany? It was part of the structure of an old boat. 4.75” x 2.75” if that matters. Thank you in advance. Coop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 6 minutes ago, Coop said: @phinds, can you identify this as either teak or mahogany? It was part of the structure of an old boat. 4.75” x 2.75” if that matters. Thank you in advance. Coop He will need a picture Ken. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted September 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 On 9/5/2021 at 5:45 PM, Tpt life said: He will need a picture Ken. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlyoak Posted September 6, 2021 Report Share Posted September 6, 2021 show the face too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted September 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2021 Freshly planed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted September 6, 2021 Report Share Posted September 6, 2021 I'd bet against teak but really can't tell anything for sure without a much better closeup of a well-cleaned-up section of end grain. African mahogany is a possibility but again, nothing for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted September 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2021 Thanks Paul. By cleaned up, would sanding help? Or apply mineral spirits and take a close up before it dries? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted September 6, 2021 Report Share Posted September 6, 2021 Sanding is the thing to do, well-sanded up to about 320 grit and DO NOT use anything that will moisten the wood. Wetting is great for showing off the face grain, but it just raises the fibers in the end grain and muddies the details. Also, you'll need more magnification on the pic. Even fine sanding may not help much if you show the same resolution you show above. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlyoak Posted September 7, 2021 Report Share Posted September 7, 2021 Mahogany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted September 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2021 I’m thinking the same. I ran one side thru the jointer and didn’t get an oily feeling. I din’t Know if it being that old, that I need to go further down on not? This will be for an outdoor bench leg extensions so mahogany will be almost as good as teak. I will apply a thIn layer of epoxy to the bottom, regardless of the wood. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted September 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2021 Paul, is this any better? First pic is after sanding to 320 and blown clear with air hose and second before the air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted September 8, 2021 Report Share Posted September 8, 2021 Definitely better but I'm puzzled by what I can see of the anatomy and have to dig into this a bit more before I can say anything except that it's definitely not one of the American mahoganies (Cuban or Honduran) since it lacks the marginal parenchyma that is characteristic of those two. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlyoak Posted September 8, 2021 Report Share Posted September 8, 2021 Phinds, your data base is amazing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted September 8, 2021 Report Share Posted September 8, 2021 On 9/8/2021 at 10:37 AM, curlyoak said: Phinds, your data base is amazing. I assume you are talking about the wood ID site, but I actually do have a database. It's for wood names: http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/wood_name_database/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted September 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2021 @phinds, another cut farther from the end if that helps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted September 12, 2021 Report Share Posted September 12, 2021 Coop, I have not forgotten about this, I've just had all my energy focused elsewhere. I get like this sometimes where I just don't want to buckle down and do the hard work of digging through a bunch of my wood anatomy material. I WILL get to it. Someday. Probably. Maybe. Most likely. It's on my list 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted September 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2021 Thanks Paul. I am using a 2” x 1.75 x1.75” of this wood to extend 4 legs of a sitting bench that I am making of cypress that is a little to short. I just wondered about the outdoor usability of this wood and also just curious as to what kind of wood it is. The end grain will be on the bottom of the legs and will be coated with an epoxy buffer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post phinds Posted September 16, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 Well, I started working on it and for some reason I focused in on a feature of your wood that seemed a bit odd to me, but I found a sample of "teak" that has it so was very pleased with myself until I realized that it really wasn't teak at all but rather an obscure wood (Baikiaea plurijuga) that has "Rhodesian teak" as one of its common names. Also that wood really doesn't have a face grain that is a close match for your wood. SO ... no joy so far Just FYI, the feature I was looking at is what appears to be "diffuse in aggregates" parenchyma (broken up banded parenchyma) but that seems unusually regular for diffuse in aggregates. Here's your wood with an example of the feature circled and then the same thing on the "teak" piece SO ... back to square one. EDIT: I realize this post doesn't tell you anything useful, I just put it up to show what a PITA this wood ID can be and to further excuse my long delay in getting to this. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post phinds Posted November 10, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted November 10, 2021 Coop, I KNOW it looks like I'm never going to get back to this but I want to assure you that it only looks that way because it's true. Actually, it does still nag at me and I may get back to it but by this time it should be obvious that you shouldn't hold your breath 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted November 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2021 Paul, that’s ok as it has fossilized into petrified wood! In all seriousness, it really didn’t matter in the build, I was just curious. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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