[Ed Corrigan]

Just go on and throw it away. 🤠

He might need it next week...🤓

 

[MarkJames]

You and Easy should get together he thought Chestnut was oak
Cedar smells like cedar shavings that we had for hamsters, has a closed grain. Mahogany has an open grain similar to oak

The wood that Reggi has may actually have come from a shipping pallet or box from Southeast Asia, A friend gets shipments of materials from Malaysia and the pallet are made from really nice wood like that, his shipping manager uses all the wood and makes furniture from it.

Nice wood?

 

[MarkJames]

Just go on and throw it away. 🤠

I know that you know that you now want to know what it is.

 

[reggi]

Just go on and throw it away. 🤠

I think I'll make a keychain out of it. Or tether my phone to it. Or maybe just put it in the pile of assorted wood samples by my desk.


This one was just a plain old stud in a 100 year old house. It's quite heavy. Might keep it in the truck for personal defense. It'll probably break but not before it hurts.

 

[MarkJames]

I think I'll make a keychain out of it. Or tether my phone to it. Or maybe just put it in the pile of assorted wood samples by my desk.


This one was just a plain old stud in a 100 year old house. It's quite heavy. Might keep it in the truck for personal defense. It'll probably break but not before it hurts. View attachment 530879 View attachment 530880

With some effective prose (written in italics) there's probably a market for it.

 

[TxElectrician]

I know wire a lot better than wood, but I would have guessed teak

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[MarkJames]

I know wire a lot better than wood, but I would have guessed teak

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Stick with wire. 😄

 

[tgeb]

I know that you know that you now want to know what it is.

Without proper punctuation, I don't know what the heck you're implying. 🧐

 

[TxElectrician]

Stick with wire.

The grain looks like some I had on my boat

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[hdavis]

Reggi, to see the end grain you have to take a sharp chisel or knife and shave a thin layer off.

Do that to the first block, and you should see holes, because it's balsa.

 

[hdavis]

Tough to tell, but your hunk of stud could be tamarack. Used a lot for corduroy roads, at one time. Density is similar to maple IIRC.

 

[Hardy541]

Walnut

 

[rrk]

oh boy

https://www.rarewoodsusa.com/species/walnut-american/

https://www.rarewoodsusa.com/species/cedar-aromatic/

https://www.rarewoodsusa.com/species/?_species_search=mahogany

Meranti Is the New & Improved Philippine Mahogany

www.ipeoutlet.com

I did a porch in Meranti and I think that was kind of heavy but I cant remember

 

[superseal]

Looks just like Honduran Mahogany...built many of courtyard gates with the stuff.

 

[reggi]

Looks just like Honduran Mahogany...built many of courtyard gates with the stuff.

Thanks. Looks like you’ve been gone the entire time I’ve been a member. I remember seeing your name around a lot during my pre-membership days of searching the forum.

Welcome back.

 

[Leo G]

Walnut
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That don't look like Walnut.

 

[reggi]

I’m gonna slice it real thin and send everyone who’s replied a sample, 1st class mail.

 

[hdavis]

That don't look like Walnut.

Could be butternut, AKA white walnut.

 

[Leo G]

Looks like Beech.

 

[hdavis]

Could be.