Lucas Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 I was given a few old pieces of wood (100+ years old) that I am trying to identify. I ran the faces over the jointer to clean them up, but I'm having a hard time determining the species. I'm sure is a softwood, since the large piece is fairly light for the size. My first guess was going to be pine, but it didn't have the pine smell during the milling process. Since I don't have any experience with using reclaimed lumber I was hoping someone could give me some advice on the easiest way to identify the species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 If it was reclaimed from the exterior of a building you can be pretty sure it's not pine...quite unlikely it would last 100 years outside. Could be cedar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southwood Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 That bigger piece almost looks like really aged popular. The small piece with the knot hole looks like the grain of pine. Really hard to tell with pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNiessen Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Closer shots will help. And if you can post a full size photo on a site like SmugMug, Picasa, or Flickr and providing a link here it would help. I am betting on the beam being white oak. It has that pattern. I agree on the piece with the knot being pine. Can't guess on the third piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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