ID this hardwood

[Mbconstructionjoinery]

Hi all just wondering if anyone can ID this piece of hardwood ? was getting used as a packing piece on a pallet to support a piece of machinery on a job I was working on and thought I'd make something with it at some point just wondered what species it was. It was rough sawn when I got it so surfaced 2 faces just to see the grain pattern. Possibly idigbo??

 

[Roseland]

Most pallets are poplar, but this looks more like Ramin Oak!

Seems and expensive choice though...

Andrew

 

[Mbconstructionjoinery]

Most pallets are poplar, but this looks more like Ramin Oak!

Seems and expensive choice though...

Andrew

It wasn't part of the pallet as such just screwed into the pallet at a packing piece to support part of the machine that was not level with the base not heard of ramin oak before i'l have to google it

 

[tjbnwi]

Quater sawn white oak. Very common on pallets.

Tom

 

[Angelo]

Might be White oak. I once received a set of pallet runners made of white oak and used them to make my table legs.

 

[danbox]

It looks like Iroko to me, maybe too pale for Idigbo, hard to tell from the pictures.

 

[Mbconstructionjoinery]

I have my doubts that it is oak to be honest as it doesn't smell like oak when cut and doesn't seem as hard as oak either

 

[Mbconstructionjoinery]

It looks like Iroko to me, maybe too pale for Idigbo, hard to tell from the pictures.

Could be iroko, I'v not seen any idigbo before just went off a reference li which did look similar in colour and grain pattern

 

[ajones]

if its quite light its iroko

 

[Mbconstructionjoinery]

if its quite light its iroko

Yeah it's fairly light

 

[Alan Mack]

The endgrain photo reminds me of (false)Acacia, aka Robinia.

 

[Mbconstructionjoinery]

Yeah black locust (Robinia.) is another front runner apparently is fluoresces in uv light so might give that a go to see if it is Robinia.

 

[Alan Mack]

Its always worth having a mooch around pallet packing pieces. I found two 3x3 that seemed a bit heavier than normal. Dirty grey brown timber, just looked like a piece of fence post. Ran them over the planer and cleaned them up. Looked like a tropical hardwood but a bit non descript. The next day I looked and it had turned into purpleheart.

 

[Mbconstructionjoinery]

That was a nice find

 

[WastedP]

Is there any chance it's sycamore?  I know some providers of large industrial equipment (boilers, institutional washing machines, foodservice equipment) use great big sycamore planks.  I know this because I picked up a  14' long piece of 8/4 that was over a foot wide, albeit it had big checks and bolt holes in it.  But it looked really similar to the pics, especially the edge grain.

 

[jimbouk]

I would say it's sapele. Cheeper than iroko and similar qualities

 

[tomtom1984]

Its ayous. Its the same wood which light hardwood mouldings or dowels are made from in the UK.