Forum topic by RinBarrett | posted 04-14-2015 04:00 PM | 1637 views | 0 times favorited | 15 replies | ![]() |
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04-14-2015 04:00 PM |
Topic tags/keywords: species yellow sawdust green sawdust fluorescent sawdust identification identify teak rosewood I have some wood that I’m reclaiming from a piece of furniture that I need help to identify. It’s very dense and tight grained. When I clean it with mineral spirits it appears very dark brown, a lot like a teak, darker than the rosewood I’ve used. When I cut it or sand it, the sawdust produced is a very bright, almost florescent yellowish greenish color. Any ideas what this may be? I’m sorry I didn’t think to take a picture of it before leaving home! -Rin PS. I added some pictures. The dark piece is after cleaning with mineral spirits. You can see the fluorescent yellow/green on a freshly planed piece and on the planer out feed you can see the fluorescent yellow/green sawdust next to a handful of sawdust from a piece of butternut for comparison. -- Rin, Draper, UT, http://www.rinbarrett.com |
15 replies so far
#1 posted 04-14-2015 04:50 PM |
With that color dust id say Ipe but considering its reclaimed it probably isn’t. -- Its not a crack, its a casting imperfection. |
#2 posted 04-14-2015 05:05 PM |
Any odor to the wood? Heart pine? -- Bill M. "People change, walnut doesn't" by Gene. |
#3 posted 04-14-2015 06:21 PM |
It is hard enough to ID wood w/ a photograph and impossible by description. -- Bondo Gaposis |
#4 posted 04-14-2015 09:19 PM |
Put the sawdust in a glass of water. If it dyes the water yellow it is Osage Orange. EDIT: I think I’m being drawn too much by the fluorescent color. Osage probably isn’t used for furniture and it isn’t very dark. |
#5 posted 04-14-2015 09:48 PM |
I agree with Stef. Ipe would be my guess. -- Paul, Duvall, WA |
#6 posted 04-14-2015 10:06 PM |
I’m with bonds on this one how do you I’d something you cannot see,It’s like asking how long is a string? -- Aj |
#7 posted 04-18-2015 09:22 PM |
A string in physics is 10(-33) centimeters long. (just being a smart a$$) -- " 'Truth' is like a beautiful flower, unique to each plant and to the season it blossoms ... 'Fact' is the root and leaf, allowing the plant grow and bloom again." |
#8 posted 04-19-2015 12:28 PM |
It is a tropical hardwood for sure. See the striped lines from the interlocked grain? -- Danny Located in Perry, GA. Forester. Wood-Mizer LT40HD35 Sawmill. Nyle L53 Dehumidification Kiln. hamsleyhardwood.com |
#9 posted 04-19-2015 04:23 PM |
Ipe -- " 'Truth' is like a beautiful flower, unique to each plant and to the season it blossoms ... 'Fact' is the root and leaf, allowing the plant grow and bloom again." |
#10 posted 04-19-2015 04:34 PM |
So, if you had to describe Ipe, what would you look for? -- Brad, Texas, https://www.youtube.com/user/tonkatoytruck/feed |
#11 posted 04-19-2015 04:57 PM |
-- Measure "at least" twice and cut once |
#12 posted 04-20-2015 12:08 AM |
Most definitely Ipe. -- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm |
#13 posted 04-20-2015 07:50 PM |
Now I see the pic, is the furniture from crate and barrel or pottery barn?If so then my guess is rubber wood,from Indonesia.Aj -- Aj |
#14 posted 04-20-2015 08:22 PM |
It is definitely not rubber wood. It does have all of the characteristics of ipe. Using the info you all provided I went to http://www.wood-database.com. Actually, I found that site after Googling ipe because I didn’t know what that was. Thanks for your help! -- Rin, Draper, UT, http://www.rinbarrett.com |
#15 posted 04-20-2015 11:24 PM |
Ipe is sold as “Brazilian Walnut” by the wood flooring stores. -- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm |
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