Thread: Could anyone help with what is this table made of?

Ersatz maple...eg pine or other cheap wood with a stain, much of my old furniture was similar pine with a maple coloured stain, the difference between Ersatz and real is a big thing. I'd never go back to the fake stuff.

When the label reads COLOUR it will be a light coloured base wood that has been stained.

See link for real maple as opposed to stained to look like https://www.woodworkforums.com/f187/w...-table-164154/

100% agree with Pilchard. It's made from pine and stained a 'Maple' colour.

Ditto.

Cheers

Steve

The table top is most likely veneered

Thank you
Pilchard

Scott

Steve

Cheers

fineboxes

Mobyturns

This probably won't be much help but i have the same chairs with a veneer rectangle trestle type table, the chairs are made in Yugoslavia for Sidex, now when we bought it i recall seeing a label stating it was European Birch which is not on the chairs and the label on the table is unreadable now but looks the same timber apart from the veneer.

Originally Posted by whitey56

This probably won't be much help but i have the same chairs with a veneer rectangle trestle type table, the chairs are made in Yugoslavia for Sidex, now when we bought it i recall seeing a label stating it was European Birch which is not on the chairs and the label on the table is unreadable now but looks the same timber apart from the veneer.

Hi whitey, Yes the very same chairs made in Yugoslavia and some 20yrs later I had to re-glue 98% of the joints
All interesting though, thanks.

Yep same here i have a few to reglue at the moment.