ID this mystery spalted wood

[redfishsc]

Found this wood as dunnage at a local hardwood flooring supplier (always bag some goodies when I go by there).

Anyhow, I noticed this one that was all filthy and black on the outside and just knew that it was the "beauty inside that counts".

Better believe it!

So what is this stuff? Nobody there knew. It could have come from a pallet from South America, Australia, or anywhere in the world, as they sell everything from tigerwood to australian cypress to "kuaru".


Anyhow, the last pic is a close-up. Notice the little flecks in it. But it's like this on *every* side, so it's not a quarter-sawn effect like oak and lacewood.

Was about as heavy as oak or maple, and about that hardness.

Smelled like moldy wood when I kissed it on the jointer so smell was no help.

Sorry about the dirty cardboard background. Was either that or dirty concrete as a background.

 

[Pipes]

I duno I have saw it someplace maybe a cedar BUT that just don't seem right either ????

 

[gerryr]

I'm not sure, better send to me so I can examine it closer.[]

 

[laurie sullivan]

hello,

i was given a piece of palet and was told it might be european chestnut. it too was splated and the same coloring. easy to turn and finished great. hope that helps.

laurie

 

[woodman928]

How about Arkansas Gum

 

[low_48]

Looks like sycamore to me.

 

[johnson]

Looks to me like a very fine example of dangifeyeno. It usually turns easy but may require some CA in punky areas. Nice find.
Dale

 

[redfishsc]

You know, I was just thinking it may be dangifeyeno. Though it doesn't look like the dangifeyeno I found a month ago at the same place.

 

[thewishman]

I'm trying to find some dangifeyeno blanks - does anyone know a supplier? I'd really like some dangifeyeno burl, too.

 

[wdcav1952]

Originally posted by thewishman
<br />I'm trying to find some dangifeyeno blanks - does anyone know a supplier? I'd really like some dangifeyeno burl, too.

I used to have a supplier of the best dangifeyeno blanks you have ever seen. I would post a picture of the last dangifeyeno pen I made, but dangifeyeno where I put it. The supplier moved, but dangifeyeno where I wrote down his new address. He didn't have any dangifeyeno burl, but his dangifeyeno bowl blanks were spectacular.

I hope this helps you some.

 

[knottyharry]

Only a guess, but the pinkish color, if that is what it is kind of reminds me of like a honey locust.
But only a guess.
Harry

 

[Ron Mc]

LOL[]

 

[alamocdc]

The color and grain structure almost remind me of Birch, but I've never seen any that was spalted.

 

[jthompson1995]

Looks like beech to me.

 

[Rudy Vey]

Agree on the beech!!

 

[Pipes]

I got some of that wood I know Iam gona track it down But honey locust is a better guess IMO than my quick first one !!!

 

[redfishsc]

I'm quite sure it's not honey locust, I've seen a good bit of honey locust and it just doesn't have those flitches.

I'll research the beech thing and see what comes up. I've seen beech only a time or two and can't remember the grain, if it looks like dangifeyeno.

 

[clthayer]

Correct coloring for birch, it sometimes varries in hue. I agree on the suggestion of beech. The grain looks right. When green beech will have the rays that oak displays when quartersawn, if it is possible to attempt quartering this may give some indication as to whether or not it is beech.