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Dan Milosch
07-24-2020, 12:10 AM
Can anyone tell me what kind of wood this is? It's been in my "bits and pieces" bin for so long, I've forgotten.
Mel Fulks
07-24-2020, 1:07 AM
Looks like bubinga
Clint Baxter
07-24-2020, 7:26 AM
Reminds me of bloodwood.
Clint
Jim Tobias
07-24-2020, 11:26 AM
Bloodwood or Padauk. Grain looks more like Padauk.
Jim
glenn bradley
07-24-2020, 12:03 PM
If just pulled from the bin, my first guess, bloodwood, second guess, padauk. If it has been air exposed for a few days or more, reverse ;-) Padauk can be near orange when freshly milled quickly turning a rich red and easing into brown over the years. Boodwood stays pretty red IME. Things like Chakta Kok (redheart) have a more wavy-lengthwise figure.
Dan Milosch
07-24-2020, 2:45 PM
Thanks. It has been exposed to air for a few weeks, and "padauk" jogs a dim memory.
Bill Dufour
07-24-2020, 9:24 PM
Can you narrow it to a continent since you do not post location? store bought or found on a tree nearby?
Could it be from an Acacia tree? does it float or sink in water. Dry Acacia will sink, most woods float
Bill D
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_T%C3%A9n%C3%A9r%C3%A9
pretty pictures of lumber below
http://www.acacia-depot.com/
Dan Milosch
07-28-2020, 1:06 AM
Can you narrow it to a continent since you do not post location? store bought or found on a tree nearby?
Could it be from an Acacia tree? does it float or sink in water. Dry Acacia will sink, most woods float
Bill D
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_T%C3%A9n%C3%A9r%C3%A9
pretty pictures of lumber below
http://www.acacia-depot.com/
No more information than what I gave. I bought it years ago, don't remember when or where. Maybe at a Rockler outlet? It's not dense enough to sink in water.
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