Another - What Wood Is It?

[Mike Goetzke]

I’m guessing maple? Please help.

Thanks

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[Michael Kellough]

I’m guessing chestnut. Any info on it’s provenance?

 

[PaulMarcel]

I'm going for Anigre based on the color and the pores:

Anigre veneer; zoom in for the pores

 

[Mike Goetzke]

I’m guessing chestnut. Any info on it’s provenance?

Came for a dinning table that was about 30 years old. It was stained like dark cherry.

Mike

 

[pixelated]

Ash maybe? Doesn't quite look like Maple to me.

 

[woodferret]

Rubberwood.
edit: typical solid furniture wood from that period import from SE asia and SA.  It has the 'it looks like maple but not quite'.  Also stains nicer than maple.

 

[Mike Goetzke]

Pulled out my "Understanding Wood" book and I used my USB microscope camera to look at the end grain and it's still hard to tell but almost look like elm? I also included dry and wet pics of the bottom of a table leaf.

I'm thinking of refinishing a set of cabinets made if the same wood and want to add some wing shelves on the end of the cabinets so I will need some more wood.

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[Crazyraceguy]

It's too coarse for Maple, not distinctive enough for Ash.

[member=4518]Mike Goetzke[/member] you didn't say anything about density, is it pretty light weight?
If so, I would have a tendency to agree with woodferret. Rubberwood is kind of that generic "cheap stuff" that varies by region.
In the eastern US, that is generally Poplar, but out west Aspen is more common. They are essentially "weed trees", fast growing, light weight (low density) and cheap.
Rubberwood is the Asian equivalent. It is a "left-over" by-product of rubber production. After the tree's production slows/stops, it gets cut down to make room for new ones to grow.

 

[Mike Goetzke]

It's too coarse for Maple, not distinctive enough for Ash.

[member=4518]Mike Goetzke[/member] you didn't say anything about density, is it pretty light weight?
If so, I would have a tendency to agree with woodferret. Rubberwood is kind of that generic "cheap stuff" that varies by region.
In the eastern US, that is generally Poplar, but out west Aspen is more common. They are essentially "weed trees", fast growing, light weight (low density) and cheap.
Rubberwood is the Asian equivalent. It is a "left-over" by-product of rubber production. After the tree's production slows/stops, it gets cut down to make room for new ones to grow.

I had a 16” x 2.5” x 3/4” piece handy to measure and it came out to 41.3#/ft3 (661 kg/m3).

Could it be cherry? Doesn’t seem dark or red enough.

 

[denovo]

The photos in your second post look like Basswood

 

[Michael Kellough]

After seeing the additional photos I think poplar.

 

[bidn]

Top, first picture: this is clearly elm for me, see the typical small parallel zigzag patterns, etc.

But the other pics show a different grain:
- pic 2: I would say chesnut or poplar!
- pic 3: I would say poplar!

Are you sure they are from the same piece of wood?
(sometimes different woods are used in a piece of furniture).

 

[woodferret]

I had a 16” x 2.5” x 3/4” piece handy to measure and it came out to 41.3#/ft3 (661 kg/m3).

Could it be cherry? Doesn’t seem dark or red enough.

I think ~660 and the endgrain you had right at calling it an elm.  Might be cedar/wych elm.  Too heavy for rubberwood usually.

Anyways, all the elms...http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/elm,%20misc.htm

 

[Ron B]

I believe in the movie "The Bridge over the River Kwai" a British officer stated that the "original" London Bridge was made from elm.  I don't know what this has to do with anything, just one of those things that has rattled around in my head for 50 years. Hopefully I can infect someone else's mind with this useless bit of info. 

 

[Mike Goetzke]

Just a follow-up, my wife does not want me to reclaim wood from the old entertainment center, but, I did further investigation into the wood from the dining table leaf. It actually is 3 woods! There is about 1/8" veneer on both top and bottom. The veneers are different wood.

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[woodferret]

Now it says block board.  Didn't you cut a piece of the end-grain and it was continuous?

 

[Mike Goetzke]

Now it says block board.  Didn't you cut a piece of the end-grain and it was continuous?

Yeah - that and first photo were from a table skirt piece that is different than the top.