View Full Version : Can you name that wood?
Mike Palmowski
02-03-2010, 8:44 AM
We just got ahold of some rather large hunks of wood, but don't know what kind of wood it is, any guess by the pictures?
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j86/dartmania2002/Picture131.jpg
[IMG]http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j86/dartmania2002/Picture134.jpg[/IMG
Mike Palmowski
02-03-2010, 8:46 AM
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j86/dartmania2002/Picture134.jpg
Lee Schierer
02-03-2010, 8:52 AM
The first photo looks like cherry the second looks like either soft maple or poplar.
Kevin Barnett
02-03-2010, 9:12 AM
1) Maple that sat a while before being cut (hence not white)
2) Poplar
Prashun Patel
02-03-2010, 10:05 AM
1. Cherry
2. Poplar
Mike Palmowski
02-03-2010, 1:24 PM
Well we got it from a big pallet. it is about 2" thick by 6" wide
dan sherman
02-03-2010, 2:41 PM
Well we got it from a big pallet. it is about 2" thick by 6" wide
what part of the world did the pallet come from?
Mike Palmowski
02-03-2010, 3:17 PM
Fulton, Ny
george wilson
02-03-2010, 3:18 PM
Picture #1 could even be beechwood that has discolorations. I have some like it. The picture isn't close up enough to really tell. Beech has lots of little brown marks in it.
dan sherman
02-03-2010, 4:31 PM
If it's a pallet from north America I'm going to go with George and say it's either maple or beach.
Don Inghram
02-03-2010, 9:51 PM
I vote maple. What did I win? J/K:D
Ray Chalenski
02-04-2010, 6:39 AM
It appears to be soft Maple.(Red,Swamp, or Silver Maple)
Craig Reynolds
02-04-2010, 7:54 AM
1. Maple
2. If it was poplar the color would be reversed with the light colored part being the sapwood and the darker being the heartwood. I'll go with ash.
Zach England
02-04-2010, 8:21 AM
Is this the most appropriate forum to post these kinds of things in?
This has nothing to do with the OP. I ask because I have several hunks of wood I cannot identify.
Matt Hankins
02-04-2010, 10:53 AM
We have had pallets with pecan that looks similar to the first picture. Pallet wood can be anything available. I think this is a perfect opportunity to invest in a wood identification book or two!
Matt
Brian Tymchak
02-04-2010, 12:24 PM
There was another thread recently: http://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?p=1326695#poststop
where the original poster was wanting to identify wood. Some one suggested this site and I used end-grain pictures to make the match. This is the most completely pictorial wood library I've found to date.
Here's the link: http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/
Brian
Roger Bullock
02-04-2010, 1:19 PM
In the second photo, the board on the left side of the frame looks like poplar but the other one looks like soft maple. Most of the time pallet lumber is cut from several different species of trees and the guy building them just picks up whatever is there to build the pallet. Not unusual to have different wood in the same pallet.
Larry Fox
02-04-2010, 1:46 PM
1) Maple that sat a while before being cut (hence not white)
2) Poplar
+1 - I agree with Kevin here.
Mike Palmowski
02-04-2010, 3:14 PM
Wow thank you for all the information!
Brad Westcott
02-04-2010, 4:47 PM
1 = Maple
2 = Ash maybe. This is not poplar.
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