What is this wood???

[Pete Rosenbohm]

I was told it was mahogany, if so what kind.Thanks Pete
<img src="http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/Groups/90/90613/folders/128715/1183723mahogany2.jpg" width="470" height="645">
And thats the way it came out of the planer.

http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/Groups/90/90613/folders/128715/1183112mahogany2.jpg

[Greg Heppeard]

Could be a number of woods, from the looks of it. Depending on weight, smell, texture. it could be mahogany, brazilian cherry, or several other kinds that I've seen and can't remember the name of.

[Dennis Peacock]

Looks like it has the grain pattern and texture of Poplar.

[Joseph N. Myers]

Pete,

Can you give us a little more information such as weight, smell, size (especially the thickness) and where (you think) it came from. Also could you scrap, sand, plan or something to show the real color of the wood.

If it smell like cedar and weights slightly more that half of that of oak, it could be Calantas (sometimes called Kalantas) from the Philippines. This could be a confusion issue with it being called (Philippine) Mahogany but the wood in the picture I don't think is mahogany (at least any I've seen).

If it is about the same weight a oak, lighter in color when wet/darker when dry and from Carribean, Central and South America, it could be Andiroba (crab wood, krappa, figueroa, etc).

I got this information from "World Woods in Color" by William a. Lincoln and if you want, I could email the description/pictures of both wood (unless there is a way to scan in the pictures and put them in a post).

Regards, Joe

[Pete Rosenbohm]

Here is another board 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 28 long that has straighter grain.
<img src="http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/Groups/90/90613/folders/128715/1183809mahog4copy.jpg" width="470" height="645">

[Lee Schierer]

It looks like Ipe. If it is really heavy compared to other woods that is most likely what it is. Will it float?? Ipe will not float.

[Earl Kelly]

Pete, Looks like Honduras Mahogany. But it could be some Peruvian, if it's newer stock. Honduras runs the gamut from nice red mahogany color to the color of wheat. Depends on where it's cut. Take a piece of scrap and place it so the sun can hit it for a couple of days and watch the color get richer and darker. I would go with Honduras, besides New Orleans probably had millions of BdFt of Mahogany come thru there over the yrs.

[Lynn Sonier]

Hey Pete, what part of "Cajun Country" are you in. I'm in Thibodaux.
Lynn

[Pete Rosenbohm]

Lynn across the river from New Orleans, its called Westwego, La.:D

[Greg Tatum]

I'm guessn' Jatoba.

Greg

[Jeremy Niemann]

I'm guessn' Jatoba.

Greg

I'd guess Jatoba as well. Sure looks very similar to the piece of Jatoba I have in my stockpile currently.

[Jamie Buxton]

I've been using a lot of Honduras Mahogany recently, and your pix look exactly like it. It is light-colored when it comes off the saw, and rapidly darkens. The darker stripe in the first photo could be made in less than an hour of bright sun, or a few hours of indirect sun. (BTW, Honduras Mahogany is the name of a tree which is native to many countries beyond Honduras. It is grows in Central America, the Carribean, and South America.)