I get this cast off lumber from a business that builds industrial air conditioners among other related things. They have machinery and stacks of sheet metal brought in on pallets running anywhere from basic 4' square up to 4'-5' wide and 8'-9' long. There is a lot of 4"x4" and 2"x3" lumber with them. Besides basic pine type woods there are oak and others are of some "mystery" hardwood(?).
It is this "mystery" hardwood(?) I am concerned with. It is fairly dense and heavier than equivalent pieces of pine but lighter than oak. The grain is pretty straight and color is even and I'd say bland and blonde. Pictures are what you really need here so are provided. Some shots are doubled of the same piece. That is of different settings to give two different color appearances. I figure that may help give a better idea of their true appearance since monitor settings can give different views.
The light sides are saw cut the darker uncut. The holes are nail holes. They can be pulled with some difficulty but nothing so much like oak. One thought that might help. I think some of this may come from Europe. Some of it had padding-bags of dirt actually, marked in German.
Here you go…
It is this "mystery" hardwood(?) I am concerned with. It is fairly dense and heavier than equivalent pieces of pine but lighter than oak. The grain is pretty straight and color is even and I'd say bland and blonde. Pictures are what you really need here so are provided. Some shots are doubled of the same piece. That is of different settings to give two different color appearances. I figure that may help give a better idea of their true appearance since monitor settings can give different views.
The light sides are saw cut the darker uncut. The holes are nail holes. They can be pulled with some difficulty but nothing so much like oak. One thought that might help. I think some of this may come from Europe. Some of it had padding-bags of dirt actually, marked in German.
Here you go…