Thread: Need help to identify this timber please.

I think your post breaks just about every rule in the book Miss Tess.

Anyways, looks like some sort of pine. Baltic Pine maybe?

I'm sorry but why does it? I'm going to list it for sale on ebay and just needed help with what timber it might be. I saw another post almost identical which is why i copied the idea. Obviously i've done something wrong???

Originally Posted by sjt

I think your post breaks just about every rule in the book Miss Tess.

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Originally Posted by Miss Tess

I'm sorry but why does it?

Just no need to yell

As Scott suggests, probably just stained pine. Nice unit, but nothing special .

Looks like Kauri with a light stain.

Lucky I'm up bright and early Miss Tess......this should help you..............
just call it a heavy old wooden thingo!

Thanks. I would have though so too except for the weight.
The removal guys said it was nearly as heavy as my pianola and that's a lot! Took two of them everything they had to move it with straps etc. Do you think it could be pine and still be so heavy? It is a big cabinet though.
thanks

Hmm, pine shouldn't be that heavy.

Tess, identifying wood with any certainty from pictures like these is damn near impossible. There are so many different woods, and so many look superficiaally the same - this is why woods from different parts of the world are given the same common name, even though they are completely different species.

However, I will stick my neck out on this & say that the pics are good enough to show it certainly ain't pine, or any related species of softwood. It's a hardwood of some sort, I will bet good money on! If it was made in Australia, I would think possibly Qld Maple, but could be Tassie oak or one of several other species. Given your emphasis on heavy, Tassie oak is a distinct possibility.....

Cheers,

It's pine and it's heavy because there's a lot of it.

Thanks Ian. It certainly looks like a hardwood to me but of course if I was any expert I would'nt be asking you guys. At least I can do some further research now with your suggestions. thanks.

Originally Posted by Miss Tess

Thanks Ian. It certainly looks like a hardwood to me but of course if I was any expert I would'nt be asking you guys. At least I can do some further research now with your suggestions. thanks.

Tess, one thing that often helps is to find out where it was made, if you can. Sometimes there is a label or stamp on the back or in some other unobtrusive area - that could be a huge help - you may then be able to dig up an old catalogue or something online or at a library, that tells you all you need to know. If it was made in Aus., chances are high that it is an Australian wood (though it doesn't rule out foreign wood - lots & lots has been imported over the years). If it was made elsewhere & brought here, then things get trickier...

Good luck,

thanks heaps