What type of wood is this?

[Paul Chinetti]

I'm pretty sure this is the right forum.

Anyways I'm trying to figure what kinda wood this is, any ideas?

[Mark Bolton]

Looks like thick wood to me... someone else may have a better idea...

[Bob Vallaster]

If it's relatively soft (will take a thumbnail imprint)... I've seen that color palette (purple, brown & green streaks on blonde-to-white) in poplar.

BobV

[Clarence Miller]

If it's relatively soft (will take a thumbnail imprint)... I've seen that color palette (purple, brown & green streaks on blonde-to-white) in poplar.

BobV
if it has a sickly sweet smell to it, I concur with Bob.

[Philip Duffy]

me 3 on Poplar

[Roger Bullock]

poplar is my vote

[Brian Vaughn]

I have some poplar in my garage right now with very similar coloring, so I agree with everyone else

[Paul Chinetti]

It doesn't take a thumbprint it seems very hard to me. Not sure about the smell I didn't think to smell it :p before I put a coat of natural stain on it.

Thanks for the help. It'll become a coat rack tonight after a bit of work! :)

[Paul Chinetti]

Looking through this, I think you all are right.

http://hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/poplar.htm

Also if you haven't ever seen that site it's pretty amazing for it huge collection of wood grain pictures!

[Craig D Peltier]

Im going to change it up and say its Walnut with a fair amount of sapwood in it. Walnut has a distinct smell when cut.

[Bryan Morgan]

Looks like some Myrtle I used recently...

You can look through here:

http://www.tommy2feathers.com/Woodtypes.html

[Don Buck]

I've had a few pieces of persimmon that looked very similar to the piece on the left. Persimmon is very hard and (in my opinion)smells like toasted coconut when sawn or surfaced.

[Paul Chinetti]

Well, Don you could be right because I was working with this stuff last night and it was RIDICULOUSLY hard. I've never broken so many screws even after drilling holes. Wowza.

Thanks all for the help. I guess it's just a mystery I can't even remember where I got this, I've just been carting it around with me for years.

[Mark Ashmeade]

Zebrawood?

[Andrew Gibson]

my first thought was Walnut, but if it does not smell like walnut or turn your hands purple then I am most likely wrong.

[Jay Allen]

If it was Zebrawood, you would know it by the smell, that stuff smells like a wet dog when you cut it.
The "extremely hard" comment leads me to Hickory or something in that family.

[Paul Chinetti]

Is it acceptable to ask project problems/questions in this section or should I go to another section?

[Don Bullock]

Looks like some Myrtle I used recently...

You can look through here:

http://www.tommy2feathers.com/Woodtypes.html

I was thinking Myrtle as well. But the OP is from Tennessee and Myrtle is local to Northern California and Oregon.