Thread: Another timber ID please

I've seen European Oak with weird colouring like that, but is there any chance of some closer or higher resolution pics?

Might be some type of casuarina, dad used to call it scrub oak.

May be Mackay Cedar or Red Siris (tropical Qld wood with a very irritating dust). It usually has those yellow streaks through a coarse textured red wood. Used for furniture when available.

PS: Can't see any oak or sheaok rays, although pale streaks could be caused by spalting

Going just on the end grain, I reckon it’s a pine of some sort that has rotted or spalted.

How heavy is it?

Originally Posted by Euge

May be Mackay Cedar or Red Siris (tropical Qld wood with a very irritating dust). It usually has those yellow streaks through a coarse textured red wood. Used for furniture when available.

PS: Can't see any oak or sheaok rays, although pale streaks could be caused by spalting

The pore structure adds more weight to Euge's ID, its similar to New Guinea Rosewood in that respect - hard to pore fill.

I'm fairly confident that it is RSR = Red Sirus / Mackay Cedar. There are not many woods about with that mauve/purple and yellow colouration. As Euge says beware of the dust as it can (will?) cause breathing issues more so than Raintree etc, definitely not a wood to use at public wood working demos.

Originally Posted by DJ’s Timber

Going just on the end grain, I reckon it’s a pine of some sort that has rotted or spalted.

How heavy is it?

It is quite heavy and has a hard surface, almost as hard as Oz Oak, and machines easily in my thicknesser with a smooth finish. A piece 490X270X19.5 weighs 1.85Kg

Originally Posted by Crunchie

It is quite heavy and has a hard surface, almost as hard as Oz Oak, and machines easily in my thicknesser with a smooth finish. A piece 490X270X19.5 weighs 1.85Kg

Thanks, that's helpful, and it confirms the density as 720 kg /m3 (or 0.72 g / cc) which is exactly what its published for Red Siris in Qld Timbers Tech Pamphlet #2, a publication by Qld Forestry.

Euge

Thanks everyone for your input. I am pleased that I now know about a timber that I've never seen or experienced before. Now I'll have to work out what I'm going to do with it.