What is this??

**hughie** · 8th February 2023, 05:23 PM

I have been turning a number of large candle holders for various family members and a few friends. Basically rummage through the stockpile for suitable sizes and rough out half a dozen or so and chuck on the floor next to the lathe, dont pay a lot of attention just get em round and that i'll do for the moment.

Just finished one and I have no idea of the species, in fact I have no idea where it came from. It turns ok, perhaps a bit stiff but the smell darn thing gives a nasty odor as you're turning it. The smell is very much like the smelly fly traps available at most hardware stores
Have look does anybody know what it might be

**jack620** · 8th February 2023, 06:08 PM

If it smells like dog poo, I’d guess it’s QLD walnut.

**Mobyturns** · 8th February 2023, 07:09 PM

Originally Posted by jack620

If it smells like dog poo, I’d guess it’s QLD walnut.

That end grain is not QLD Walnut.

**jack620** · 8th February 2023, 07:28 PM

The side grain sure as heck could be.

**hughie** · 8th February 2023, 07:39 PM

Originally Posted by jack620

If it smells like dog poo, I’d guess it’s QLD walnut.

The smell is not like dog poo but its rough on the nose all the same. It wafts around some, it took me awhile to work out where its coming from as I have a fan of the whirrlybird and generally turn with the door open so there a small breeze going down to the fan.

**auscab** · 8th February 2023, 08:04 PM

Looks quite a bit like Teak . And Teak, the Burmese stuff I'm pretty sure has a distinctive smell that you notice when you walk into the same room as it sometimes.
Ive always thought the smell was a bit like Cat Pee or some sort of animal pee sort of . I just googled it and other opinions on the smell were Sweat and spoiled milk . No one mentions Cats .

**Toymaker Len** · 9th February 2023, 11:00 AM

My guess is some kind of mangrove. It is hard to tell from the photos but mangrove does have a distinct grain with clumps of vascular bundles. It often smells bad from marine worms and stuff rotting in the wood. It would have to be fairly light and soft.

**hughie** · 9th February 2023, 11:54 AM

Originally Posted by Toymaker Len

My guess is some kind of mangrove. It is hard to tell from the photos but mangrove does have a distinct grain with clumps of vascular bundles. It often smells bad from marine worms and stuff rotting in the wood. It would have to be fairly light and soft.

Not really soft , a bit stiff and isnt light, maybe I'll try for a better image

**Picko** · 9th February 2023, 01:41 PM

If it came out of my stash I'd call it prickly acacia (Acacia nilotica).

**hughie** · 10th February 2023, 09:49 AM

Originally Posted by jack620

If it smells like dog poo, I’d guess it’s QLD walnut.

Actually it smells like the the stuff you put in the fly trap

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