photos a bit blurry, but i would seriosly doubt Australian silky oak is your timber, it,s not that dense,or widely avaliable, although the top edge of the second photo does look a lot like it, your description of the colours rule it out, I think. maybe it,s a tropical relative? Most pallets I saw in Australia use treated Radiata pine or very low grade Tasmanian oak, which is just a trade name, not a species as such, and not red . I would suspect it,s a no name asian tropical that may not even show up in your book. Just my best guess.
Name That Lumber
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Lets play a game: Name that lumber.
I got this lumber from a pallet at work and I have no idea what kind of wood it is. I have looked through my encyclopedia of wood and came up with Australian Blackwood or Australian Silky Oak but am still uncertain. It could also be a mahogany, but it looks too red. I am in the US, but we receive products manufactured around the world so it is really hard to narrow down a country of origin. The wood is very dense: I poked it with a pocket knife and it barely nicked it. It cuts nicely but it makes the planer work a little harder. The grain is very tight and there are a lot of red, light brown, and pink colorations and there is even some purple. When I ran it through the planer the chips looked red. Here are some photos:
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I really need to get a better camera! I have no idea what this is so give me your thoughts…
I got this lumber from a pallet at work and I have no idea what kind of wood it is. I have looked through my encyclopedia of wood and came up with Australian Blackwood or Australian Silky Oak but am still uncertain. It could also be a mahogany, but it looks too red. I am in the US, but we receive products manufactured around the world so it is really hard to narrow down a country of origin. The wood is very dense: I poked it with a pocket knife and it barely nicked it. It cuts nicely but it makes the planer work a little harder. The grain is very tight and there are a lot of red, light brown, and pink colorations and there is even some purple. When I ran it through the planer the chips looked red. Here are some photos:
I really need to get a better camera! I have no idea what this is so give me your thoughts…
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