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  1. 24th September 2007, 09:02 PM #1
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    Question Timber ID.....

    Hey all...
    Looking for some help with this timber ID. Found it under the house, it's pretty light/soft timber... very smooth after a bit of planing.

    Any ideas would be welcome.

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    Maybe cedar frithy
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    pretty sure it is some type of pine hade some a few months back.

    were the diserent colored buts raised befor planing?

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    Oregon maybe
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    Frithy when you smoothed the timber did it have a pungent smell to it like a western red cedar
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    Douglas fir (sold as Oregon)
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    Quote Originally Posted by weisyboy View Post
    pretty sure it is some type of pine hade some a few months back.

    were the diserent colored buts raised befor planing?
    hmm.... don't think it's pine. well not like any pine i've seen before I think it's less dense than radiata..... the different colours weren't raised before planing.

    Frithy when you smoothed the timber did it have a pungent smell to it like a western red cedar
    there was no distinct smell that I noticed.....

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    can you mark the timber easily with your fingernail?
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    Quote Originally Posted by echnidna View Post
    can you mark the timber easily with your fingernail?
    Bob - I can mark the light areas easily with my fingernail, but not the dark areas...... interesting
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    That lets western red cedar out, its soft all the way.
    I'd say oregon except its normally a bit denser than radiata pine.
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    Its oregon, pretty sure it is.
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    yep, I'm in the oregon camp too.

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    Yep. Oregon. Specially lying around under a house. Popular structural timber.
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    Thanks everyone....

    From your descriptions, i'm not totally convinced it's oregon, just because of the density - the timber is quite light. But then again, I've never used oregon before..... so it's a good start for further research!

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    Oregon, quite sure.
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