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23rd September 2007, 04:06 PM #1
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Another unknown timber
Anyone have any idea what this is? The colour is about right and the pic is about full size. It came in a batch of stuff I picked up. tightly interlocked grain, but comes up nicely with a sharp plane. Seems to have quite a bit of nice quilting in it.
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23rd September 2007, 05:54 PM #2
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QLD Maple?
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23rd September 2007, 06:50 PM #3
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Pacific maple?
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23rd September 2007, 06:56 PM #4
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Looks like Meranti (aka Pacific Maple).
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23rd September 2007, 07:42 PM #5
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Meranti
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23rd September 2007, 09:35 PM #6
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26th September 2007, 12:56 AM #7
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My guess is silky oak
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26th September 2007, 07:51 AM #8
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Sorry Alex I can't tell you, but I think I have its brother up here. The underlying grain is very similar as is the colour, but mine is 90x1000 of tight fiddleback - I'll see if I can get a photo. It came out of a house demolition amongst a bunch of 4"x3/4" timber, which at the time I thought might have been Toriliana.
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26th September 2007, 08:20 AM #9
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looks lilke mountain oak to me.
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26th September 2007, 02:24 PM #10
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3rd October 2007, 08:57 PM #11
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I don't have much experience with QLD Maple. But I have a lot of experience with African Mahogany (Khaya). That pic looks almost identical to some sticks I have used. The small knot is also a dead ringer.
Have you noticed a funny smell when you cut a piece on the dock saw? Try letting the blade rub a little on it (burn) when you cut, see what happens.
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