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15th December 2017, 11:05 PM #1Intermediate Member
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Is this karri timber?
Hi all just wondering if this karri timber?
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16th December 2017, 01:32 AM #2
If the wood is finished can you scrape an area back to bare wood ?
there is also an ash test. Burn a small sliver -- Karri leaves a white ash. Jarrah leaves a black ash.regards from Alberta, Canada
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16th December 2017, 10:21 AM #3Intermediate Member
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Looks like some Meranti I have. How heavy is it?
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16th December 2017, 03:46 PM #5
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16th December 2017, 04:32 PM #6GOLD MEMBER
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Yes it does look very like Pacific Maple aka Meranti. It's a fairly light timber from South East Asia. It's often used for facing and frame material on ply hollow core doors. In the old days it used to be cheap, but as we all know nothing is cheap these days not even the dreaded Pinus Radiata.
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16th December 2017, 05:05 PM #7Senior Member
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That picture with the pinkish hue does look like Karri.
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16th December 2017, 08:09 PM #8Intermediate Member
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Is this karri timber?
I have some pacific mapple, it looks lighter in colour? The one on the right is pacific mapple,
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