[FoxxJump]

I have an opportunity to get quit a bit of this from my work, I am just now getting into woodworking and not too familiar with different wood types, this seems like a hardwood but would like an opinion from some of you that have more trained eyes. Thanks for the help. I will try to get a picture of the end grain tomorrow.

 

[Phil32]

It is very hard to identify wood from photos, especially with light reflections off the surface. Consider also: you don't have to know the names of woods to become a woodworker. You only need to know the characteristics.

 

[CaptainKlutz]

+1 Pictures are too shiny. Also need to know some characteristics.

When I need to identify a strange lumber, I use these sites:
Wood Filter | The Wood Database
HobbitHouse Wood ID site

Best Luck.

 

[woodsmithshop]

Can't be totally sure but looks like Ambrosia Maple.

 

[FoxxJump]

Thank you for the responses so far, I am going to de sheen the wood and take more pictures tonight, I plan on cutting the ends with a miter to reveal the end grain, do I need to sand the end grain too show more detail, let me know what you guys need for identifiers and I will try my best, thanks!

 

[KentInOttawa]

Thank you for the responses so far, I am going to de sheen the wood and take more pictures tonight, I plan on cutting the ends with a miter to reveal the end grain, do I need to sand the end grain too show more detail, let me know what you guys need for identifiers and I will try my best, thanks!

No need; freshly crosscut end grain shouldn't be too shiny.

 

[Phil32]

So, if we tell you it's "guaderana," you're going to accept that as fact?

 

[FoxxJump]

So, if we tell you it's "guaderana," you're going to accept that as fact?

Yep you got it, even if you tell me it's pure gold I'll believe you and not even compare it to other pictures and examples of what you tell me you think it is. I didn't make this post just to get some Ideas on what it could be or if it was worth my time to break down 8 pallets of this, I made this post so someone could tell me with 100% confidence with just looking at glossy pictures from a smartphone what it is without seeing it in person or any other information about it.

 

[ChefHDAN]

Can't be totally sure but looks like Ambrosia Maple.

Nope, similar but no

 

[ChefHDAN]

WELL.... I guess it's time... It's been long enough... It's Alder yep definitely Alder

 

[CaptainKlutz]

The more I look at the pictures, the more those boards look like recycled lumber with a clear (WB due lack of amber?) finish. The holes are too consistent to be Ambrosia beetles (nails?).
Looks sort of like: aspen, birch, cottonwood(stinks when wet), soft maple, hickory, or even alder. Knowing hardness and end grain will be only way to make any SWAG at the species.
?

 

[FoxxJump]

Was planing out some more of it today, and plan on getting the miter saw out here in a bit and I found a piece with some bark on it, maybe hickory? Idk I will have end grain photos in an hour or so.

 

[Lazyman]

Hickory was actually my first thought with the original pictures. It is very hard dense and hard.

 

[FoxxJump]

End grain photos

 

[pottz]

So, if we tell you it's "guaderana," you're going to accept that as fact?

lol-yeah i always love the,can you identify this wood threads. worthless 95% of the time.

 

[FoxxJump]

lol-yeah i always love the,can you identify this wood threads. worthless 95% of the time.

pottz I have been thinking of renaming this thread "tell me what kind of wood this isn't" 🤣

 

[FoxxJump]

Here are some non shining photos as well

 

[Gary]

I suspect there’s more than one type of wood there.

 

[Lazyman]

Those latest pictures just look like blue stain pine to me. The bark looks like pine to me too. Looking back at the finished boards, those may also be pine.

 

[Phil32]

It's either hickory or guaderana, but I'm not sure. You would be better off with an expert opinion.