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20th March 2011, 04:07 PM #1Intermediate Member
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timber ID thanks
Please could you help me ID this timber. I have estimated the weight based on the piece I had = 850kg/m3
Reddish, close grain consistant throughout, slight darker grey lateral lines irregualrly spaced
I have an idea, just want to see if you come up with what I think it could be.
I have 1/2 pallet load that came from an heritage staircase in Adelaide.
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20th March 2011, 06:34 PM #2Old Chippy
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Looks like pacific maple - nowadays 'meranti'
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20th March 2011, 06:41 PM #3
Does look a lot like PM, end grain looks about right too.
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20th March 2011, 10:28 PM #4
Was going to say meranti, but wondering about the heritage staircase info.
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20th March 2011, 11:28 PM #5Intermediate Member
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the grain i agree looks like meranti, but the weight? it's noticeably heavy. My experience with meranti has been on the 'lighter side'
what about red mahogany?
Red mahogany | Primary industries & fisheries | Queensland Government
looks a bit like some of this...??
https://www.woodworkforums.com/f187/r...thingy-120456/
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21st March 2011, 10:09 AM #6
I think it is durian. Any chance of a picture of a fresh cut of the end grain? If it is durian, it might have a distinctive smell when cut and the end grain should be full of tiny grain holes.
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21st March 2011, 11:48 AM #7Intermediate Member
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here's a fresh cut.
the smell..well I'm no connoisseur, but it had a soft pine/sweet/wood smell.
I guess that description is next to useless.
By the looks of the end grain it seems quite dense, no holes that i can see.
the last pic is sitting on my next project, American Ash Guitar - just to give a colour comparison standard.
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21st March 2011, 02:28 PM #8
Wow - snappy return on the pictures
Based on this, I'd say it's not durian, but perhaps something from one of the plantation countries, eg Indonesia, Malaysia, South America??
considering the red colour in the latest pictures and the weight, I'd be guessing it's older growth meranti / Pacific Maple, as the older meranti is, the heavier and redder it gets.Box Challenge 2011 - Check out the amazing Boxes!
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21st March 2011, 02:50 PM #9SENIOR MEMBER
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Meranti for me. It can vary in weight a bit too.
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21st March 2011, 04:50 PM #10
Could you cut a bit through the radial face ie a tangent to the growth rings and let us have a look at the edge grain? Meranti will have a very distinct pattern of fine medullary rays.
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Michael
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21st March 2011, 04:54 PM #11
If it ...
.....came from an heritage staircase in Adelaide.....
is it likely to be meranti?
How long has meranti been used and is it likely to be found in heritage buildings?
Would be interested to know.
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21st March 2011, 09:22 PM #12Member
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Hi all,
this doesnt relate to IDing the timber, but i found a few beams of merbau that came out of a building that was built in the 1940s. I thought they were jarrah, but they were stamped merbau.
They could have been doing the same with the PM
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21st March 2011, 11:46 PM #13
Pacific Maple I think has been used for many years, the Meranti tag came a later I think. The red sections of PM/Meranti can be very hard and heavy. The end grain, grain and the pic with that grey discolouration is very typical and you can't sand it out.
www.timber.net.au - The Australian Database of Timber - Dark Red Meranti
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22nd March 2011, 09:31 AM #14Intermediate Member
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22nd March 2011, 12:32 PM #15
I regret to inform you I made a boo boo. I should have said cut perpendicular to the tangent of the growth rings. Sorry about that.
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Michael