Wood ID?

[JC]

Can someone please tell me what this wood is? It's pretty light weight @ about 42lbs per Sq ft and quite dry.



Thanks.

JC

 

[KJ Cues]

Can someone please tell me what this wood is? It's pretty light weight @ about 42lbs per Sq ft and quite dry.

Thanks.

JC

The top pc appears to be Big Leaf Maple showing 'quilt'.
The 2nd pc is likely the same species but shown at a different angle/side.

Wood isn't weighed by the sq.ft., it's weighed by the cubic ft.
You may want to correct your data. BL Maple is super light.

 

[qbilder]

At first glance I thought redwood, but KJ might be correct about it being BL maple. Hard to say without seeing it in person.

 

[JC]

The top pc appears to be Big Leaf Maple showing 'quilt'.
The 2nd pc is likely the same species but shown at a different angle/side.

Wood isn't weighed by the sq.ft., it's weighed by the cubic ft.
You may want to correct your data. BL Maple is super light.

Thank you for the info. The sq ft was a typo I know it's cubic I posted that moments before going to bed last night. :smile: 42 feet per cubic foot is what it weighs.

JC

 

[KJ Cues]

42 feet per cubic foot is what it weighs.
JC

One would expect someone to be fully conscious at 10:12 AM right ?

http://www.wood-database.com/bigleaf-maple/

Average Dried Weight: 34 lbs/ft3

That's some heavy Big Leaf you've got there.
Maybe time to check the batteries in the scale and calculator.

Just for jeeps I did a search of Redwood, Sequoia, Coast Redwood, California Redwood.

Average Dried Weight: 26 lbs/ft3.

You're up on coring, right ?

 

[JC]

One would expect someone to be fully conscious at 10:12 AM right ?

http://www.wood-database.com/bigleaf-maple/

Average Dried Weight: 34 lbs/ft3

That's some heavy Big Leaf you've got there.
Maybe time to check the batteries in the scale and calculator.

Just for jeeps I did a search of Redwood, Sequoia, Coast Redwood, California Redwood.

Average Dried Weight: 26 lbs/ft3.

You're up on coring, right ?

Double checked the weight and dimensions on another piece of it and it came in at 43 lbs/ft3. It's 19.3 oz, 19.87" long and 1.55" square. I wrote a simple excel spread sheet to calculate wood density in squares, rounds and truncated cones. It's pretty much right on the money.

I agree it's heavy for our western maple and dark too. That's partly why I wasn't sure what it was. Someone gave it to me and it had been sitting around for at least 10 years. I figured it probably came from around here somewhere.

JC

 

[bdcues]

The top pc appears to be Big Leaf Maple showing 'quilt'.
The 2nd pc is likely the same species but shown at a different angle/side.

Wood isn't weighed by the sq.ft., it's weighed by the cubic ft.
You may want to correct your data. BL Maple is super light.

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