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6th December 2006, 10:56 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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can anyone identify these
I've been diving through my veneer offcut pile and pulled out some of the ones that I would really like to indentify. I know its almost impossible to identify timber from photos, but anyone want to play???
the first one is rather unusual. Dry looking, friable, very marked distinction btwn sap and heartwood. Looks like wenge but doesnt feel like it.
the second one is very smooth, dense and close grained - even silky - even though it hasnt been sanded. Looks like macassar ebony but not coarse like m.e. Long narrow strips so obviously a small growing tree.
the next one is dyed grey. the grain looks like Euro ash. Very wide sections so obviously a big growing tree. I'm thinking we can identify this one by what it is likely to be, as much as what it looks like. Is it harewood. What is the timber most often used for dyed veneer ?
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6th December 2006, 11:03 PM #2GOLD MEMBER
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the next one is in very long strips, so obviously is a cheap material (for this much to be discarded as offcuts). Brown, red and whiteish stripes in each piece. Looks like American red gum (Liquidamber heartwood) in the flesh. Not as red as in photo.
next is three reds. I know they all look pretty much the same, but the one on the left is the one I want identified. It is soft and even-grained looking, very little grain visible. Not coarse like a eucalypt. Looks like a softwood. Imagiine a very light red cedar with no grain at all. Doesnt look dyed.
the next one is dyed grey, almost black. Underneath the dye, it looks to be a totally featureless, boring timber. Again, its more a question of what is the likely timber for dying.
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6th December 2006, 11:08 PM #3GOLD MEMBER
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first one is very close, checked grain. Satiny appearance. Chocolate brown colour. Rather nice really, even though without figure. Sorry about the poor photo.
the next one is light grey. Featureless except for the slight curl. Satiny. Too insipid to be attractive.
for the next one, the photo is pretty accurate. I just want to know what it is before tossing it out, which it deserves. Coarse grain, uninteresting colour. Could be NG Rosewood ????
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6th December 2006, 11:10 PM #4
OK ill play.
First one could be New Guinea Ebony, but I think the first two are most likely Macasar Ebony.
The grey one is most likely American White Oak or a European Oak. The usually use an Oak or Sycamore to produce Harewood (grey veneer)I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
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6th December 2006, 11:11 PM #5GOLD MEMBER
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and final two.
is the first one macassar ebony. I have never seen it in crown cut, so am guessing here.
the second one, I am again guessing. English walnut burl ???? Obviously it is expensive as 4 small bits have been glued together (and, sadly, broken). It is redder then it looks in the photo. Just guessing walnut because it is what I am expecting to see.
any clues on any of these.
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Arron
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6th December 2006, 11:15 PM #6I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
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6th December 2006, 11:24 PM #7I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
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