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27th September 2021, 02:14 PM #1Novice
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wood ID
Hey folks,
I'm a noob, can you please help me identify this wood? Considering making a large picture frame with it, found it on the side of the road
Here is what it looked like when I found it:PXL_20210926_072920537.jpg
Here it is after I milled it:PXL_20210926_081349129.jpgPXL_20210926_081346133.jpg
Here it is next to some bunnings pine to give you an idea of the color (almost pinkish?)PXL_20210926_083355214.jpg
It's not very hard, I can dent/scratch it with my thumb nails, no idea if that helps.
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27th September 2021, 02:33 PM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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Looks a lot like Douglas Fir (Oregon).
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27th September 2021, 02:43 PM #3
Its a pine of some kind. Oregon perhaps. Douglas fir is the main wood for known as Oregon far as I know. Anyhow should be nice and dry and ready for whatever you want to make.
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John
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27th September 2021, 03:20 PM #4GOLD MEMBER
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I would go with Oregan also.
Tom
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27th September 2021, 03:45 PM #5
Pardon the pun, but I'm going against the grain - to light in colour for Oregon and not enough grain hardness / differentiation in early / late wood. Wood density for both Oregon & Hemlocks will be in the range 0.4-0.5 so not a great help.
my pick Western Hemlock Scientific Name: Tsuga heterophylla
or possibly Eastern Hemlock, Canadian Hemlock. Scientific Name: Tsuga canadensis.
Western Hemlock | The Wood Database - Lumber Identification (Softwood) (wood-database.com)
Eastern Hemlock | The Wood Database - Lumber Identification (Softwood) (wood-database.com)
Information on Oregon Wood Species | Oregon Wood Innovation Center (oregonstate.edu)
Both have been imported into Australia in quantity.Mobyturns
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27th September 2021, 04:41 PM #6
I think that what is called Oregon here is just a trade name and hemlock is in the bundle of species. I worked on ships back in the 70tes and we brought ship loads if wood into Sydney. The most of it came from BC in Canada but some did come from Oregon and Washington.
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John
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27th September 2021, 09:12 PM #7Novice
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thanks everyone! juding from the db, it looks like western hemlock!
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28th September 2021, 09:42 AM #8GOLD MEMBER
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Hi MT. I would have said Oregon (or Douglas Fir) but had a look at your links. Both hemlocks are described as having no distinctive smell whereas I think Oregon does (when cut). Maybe this could help with identification?
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28th September 2021, 01:27 PM #9
As Mountain Ash says, oregon has a very distinctive, and quite pleasant, smell whereas hemlocks are essentially odour free.
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28th September 2021, 04:04 PM #10
Aren't trade / common names great. I agree about the smell, a very useful ID feature.
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13th October 2021, 07:40 PM #11Novice
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13th October 2021, 07:50 PM #12Senior Member
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I believe that to be Douglas Fir.
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14th October 2021, 01:08 PM #13
That sounds like early stage fungal attack - aka dry rot. Oregon has a pleasant smell. If you rub it lightly with your finger you might get very slight surface powdering; sometimes you can see blue/black/brown fungal veins in the wood (but often you cannot).
Treatment with one of the penetrating fungicides is then recommended.
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