Thread: Can you idenitfy these blanks

I forgot to mention they all come from North Queensland

Gday pic three looks like a sheoak to me a bit more colour in the pics might help.Mick

Thanks Mick. I agree they are washed out a bit,best of my photographic skills

I'm guessing there's a few bits of Silky Oak (Northern) in there but looks like there's a couple of different types of woods in your pics.

Agree with Corbs!! Cardwellia Subliminus and some thing else.

Yup, pics 4 to 6 are Silky Oak, the rest, I dunno.

Originally Posted by plantagenon

Can anyone tell me the timber types in these blanks please

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Are more likely to be southern silky oak (Grevillia robuasta) grain structure & not Northern or Queensland Silky Oak (Cardwellis sublimis). Pic 4 looks like sapwood of SSO. Pic 3 is more like QSO.

There are other timbers like Pink Silky Oak (Alloxylon wickhamii or Oreocallis wickhamii,) which have a similar grain to the pics above.

Carlton McLendon - Rare Woods Page 41

Thanks for your replies. The 2 that have not been identified are the one on the left and the one on the right. The one on the left is a very light timber and dirty white in colour. The one on the right is very heavy, dark brown with streaks of darker brown running the length of it.

What are the densities like on the remaining two?

I'm definitely no expert on FNQ timbers...but could the spalting within the one on the left suggest mango or similar? Just a wild guess.

The colour tones of the one on the right almost look merbau/kwila like.

Craig.

Hard to tell without being able to smell/ gnaw on them a little but... (by picture number)
1. Northern Sassafrass (but could be a piece of Silver Quandong, they get that grey look at times)
3. Northern Silky
4. Fishtail Oak
5. N. Silky
6. N.Silky
7. Black Penda