Thread: what kind of wood?

Hi
I suggest if it was cleaned (sanded or planed) up so you can see colour etc you would have more chance ID. And any other info such as density? Is it heavy or light/
cheers

Hello,

The wood is not mine so i can't plane or sand it.
I have some information about the weight

3 pieces together weight 58 Kg

the measurements are

168 x 95 x 1598
172 x 96 x 1635
177 x 96 x 1086

this is about 0,070955 m3

the wood is from a guy and he thinks it could be Merbau

Thanks for your time,

jandc

Don't look like merbau and I think it only grows in Asia.

Cheers
Michael

I was going to say that its a bit like guessing whats in the paper bag, but
now I see it is stamped honduras and your situated in Belgium. So we
might have to be blindfolded as well. Best of luck .

Hi Jan,

its customary to get a sample sent for proper identification and Im willing to volunteer to help. Seriously though it needs to be cleaned up if we are to rely on the pictures. If it is from Honduras it might be Honduran Rosewood Honduras Rosewood Dalbergia Stevensonii or even Walnut Exotic Hard Woods | Specialist Timber - Chechen

looks like honduran lumberwood to me. it could honestly be anything, Density wise it is of a moderately high density, and it is definetly a hardwood species (pored) as for being merbau, it is possible but looking at what the photos show I would think probably unlikely.

Really need some more detail. If you were to slice a very thin piece off of the end of one of the boards it may give us more of an idea as to the colour and grain and perhaps sand a small section to expose its grain colour and figure. short of this any guess would be a complete stab in the dark.

Hello,

I managed to get i photo from the wood when planed.
Honduras Walnut or Rosewood ?
Or something else...



Thanks for your time,

jandc

My teacher thinks it looks like some kind of softwood, spruce, pine or something like that...

Can anyone recognize it?

jandc

Certainly looks like a softwood. It looks a lot like radiata pine.

Cheers
Michael

ok I find it hard to believe that the first pics have planed to that. the first pics look somewhat like weathered merantii or a pored hardwood such as a eucalypt but the last pic looks like a bit of pine (pinus radiata). it definetly is not merbau!!!

Honduras Pitch Pine
Latin Name : Pinus Caribaea