Waterfall with bubbles bubinga?

[William Nimmo]

I am not sure what kind of wood this is, but this cockpit table that I made is most likely my favorite piece, just based on the wood. Curly maple edges, spanish cedar column, teak and holly base and the top I like to call waterfall with bubbles , just based on appearance. Do we think this is Bubinga?197749197748197747

[Paul Girouard]

It doesn't seem red enough to be to be Bubinga , maybe some deep birds eye Cherry?? What finish is on it , gloss poly? Lacquer?

Sure is a nice table / nice pieces of wood!! Nice job!

[William Nimmo]

It is way too heavy and dense to be cherry. It has 5 coats general finishes wipe on poly and 1 coat finishing wax.

[John Coloccia]

My guess is you have "waterfall bubinga".

[Larry Fox]

Sure is a pretty table but I have to agree with Paul here that I don't think it is bubinga. Did it have any sap wood? If so, what did it look like? When I first saw it I was thinking some sort of mahogony but you then said it was pretty dense. But I am not very good at wood ID so ...

[Curt Putnam]

Oh darn - and I thought this was a post about a lady of less than stellar reputation. :-)

[Dan Bowman]

it looks like quilted/pomelle sapele to me

[David Keller NC]

If it's really hard and heavy, it's not likely to be SA mahogany or Sapele/african mahogany. Bubinga is the most likely choice if you purchased it in the last 3 years. There was a flood of it on the market - just about everyone had huge "waterfall" bubinga slabs for sale, including, of all places, Rockler.

This strongly suggests someone in Africa clear-cut a really ancient forest, and flooded the market with once-in-a-lifetime boards. Kind of sad, if you think about it. But I rather doubt the opportunity to acquire boards like that will be repeated.

[Jim Matthews]

SWAG - I think it's ELM.

Without looking at the endgrain, you may well be right about Bubinga:
Slideshow (http://www.hearnehardwoods.com/z.monthlynewsletter/november07newsletter/bubinga_pictures/slideshow/slideshow.html)

[William Nimmo]

I purchased it and a lot of other hardwoods at an Auction about 2 years ago.
It was one of about 75 pieces of sample boards . All different species and sizes.
Some labeled some not.

[Elijah Fontenot]

That was exactly what i was thinking.



it looks like quilted/pomelle sapele to me

[Dave Avery]

Looks like makore to me....

[Dan Friedrichs]

Looks like makore to me....

The color looks right for that. William, if you had any sort of allergic/sneezing/swelling reaction to the dust, it might be makore (aka "African cherry")

[Andy Sowers]

You're right about the bubinga slabs popping up... our local woodcraft has had one on display/for sale for awhile. The last time I was in there, they had a note posted on it that the country of Gabon has started restricting the export of bubinga. They stated that this was possibly the last bubinga that they'd be able to source...

Andy

[Jim Matthews]

Makore photo (http://www.getwood.com/stage/rtb1481/details_lumber/details_makore_figured.htm)

[Chris Fournier]

I would go with the sappele, African mahogany or makore camp. the colour doesn't look right for bubinga and the figure doesn't look like the pommele that I've seen.

I worked for an importer over 10 years ago that brought in thousands of board feet of the highest quality pommele bubinga via Germany. Way back then we wondered how long the supply of this magnificent lumber could last. Pity. Fortunately many of the great livesawn slabs were used in whole as "conference tables" so one day the furniture will be parted out and the slabs will be used by another generation of WWkrs.

[William Nimmo]

I have african mahogany, sappele from the same auction. Not the same as this. I think I have some makore, I will see if is the same.
Oh and that picture from Roberts Plywood. Great source of materials. Just an 1/2 an hour from me. I have not been there much due to that auction where I picked up 7 van loads of material.

[David Weaver]

Makore looks lots different depending on the orientation of the cut.

I'm voting for makore, just in case there ever is a definitive answer.

[Paul Grothouse]

It is Pommelle Sapele. It is not Bubinga