Thread: Identify this wood?

Looks like Pine to me.

Good chance the top's Kauri. The legs could be the same or something else.

Thanks guys

Just picked it up. I think its pine all round, has a fine grain to it though.

Top is 30mm+ so gonna suit my need fine.

THe legs are stained and hollow. Looks like box hexed then turned.

Yep, good chance its Kauri.

Thanks guys

I am going to strip and put some through the thicknesser this week.

Anything I should be looking for for comformation of Kauri?

Will post a pic when I've done some.

Originally Posted by bobbavet

Anything I should be looking for for comformation of Kauri?

It has a nice sheen off the plane, is a little yellower than radiata, not as knotty as a lot of pine, otherwise pretty similar.

Originally Posted by AlexS

It has a nice sheen off the plane, is a little yellower than radiata, not as knotty as a lot of pine, otherwise pretty similar.

Yeh that yellow sheen is what caught my eye in the pic at the edge of the table.

Gday guys

Just an update. I planed it back and look beautiful.





Unfortunatly it is a real pain to work with. Bust outs easy, hates routing.
I have put it in the "too hard" basket for now.

Still think it's Kauri?

cheers

Bob

Would not get my vote as Kauri. Old Kauri sometimes has some reddish streaking or tinges through it.

More likely old growth adiata from some of the older established plantations in NZ or perhaps Oz.

Could even be one of the _ what I call - Nordic pines. I have worked with some pine from Sweden that looks much like that
and behaves just as you show and describe.

Originally Posted by artme

Would not get my vote as Kauri.

It certainly does not resemble any of the kauri in my timber collection. My initial thought when I viewed this thread earlier was that it looked like radiata only somewhat better, so I reckon Artme is close to the money with old growth radiata, or similar.

Plain Old P. radiata. IMHO

Not so much old growth - coz the knots are a reasonable size (unless it was an edge tree on the plantation - normally they aren't milled here due to excessive branch and hence knot size on the outside half of the tree).

Normally the older plantations from the late 50's on - were well tended, high pruned to produce peeler logs (clear wood) with no knots, those boards seem to have knots at about the top end of the acceptable size (1 inch dia) to not shrink and fall out making them downgrade to packing case material.

Others mileage may very, depends where they were grown.

Looks too light or not yellow enough for Kauri now that it's naked. Options as the guys have above.

Found a use for the crap pine. lols

Agree, it looks too white for kauri. I once restored a church pew made from old European pine shipping crates that looked like that, so I'd call it a pine of some sort - maybe not radiate.