Hello,
I am hoping that the collective expertise here can identify this wood. Here is what I know :
- came from Malaysia or nearby, it was the cross-members on a pallet with 150lbs of Cisco gear
- very dense, I'd say like teak but not as dense as ebony (I can get an accurate number if that helps)
- machines fine, finished fine, but it is very hard (I couldn't pull the nails that held on the platform plywood
)
- the heart-wood is dark and the sapwood is light, as you can see
- the grain is very straight, the light part looks a lot like red oak
Any ideas ? I'd like to have some idea before I send the square to a friend who is taking up cue building as a hobby. It's been sitting in my garage for years, and while I've made good use of a couple of the cross-members (the tool stand is a big chunk of one, finished of course), it's likely better used by my friend 150 miles to the south, so I ripped the last piece into a turning square. Yes, that unfinished square is the same wood as the finished tool stand.
Dave
I am hoping that the collective expertise here can identify this wood. Here is what I know :
- came from Malaysia or nearby, it was the cross-members on a pallet with 150lbs of Cisco gear
- very dense, I'd say like teak but not as dense as ebony (I can get an accurate number if that helps)
- machines fine, finished fine, but it is very hard (I couldn't pull the nails that held on the platform plywood
)- the heart-wood is dark and the sapwood is light, as you can see
- the grain is very straight, the light part looks a lot like red oak
Any ideas ? I'd like to have some idea before I send the square to a friend who is taking up cue building as a hobby. It's been sitting in my garage for years, and while I've made good use of a couple of the cross-members (the tool stand is a big chunk of one, finished of course), it's likely better used by my friend 150 miles to the south, so I ripped the last piece into a turning square. Yes, that unfinished square is the same wood as the finished tool stand.
Dave
