Mystery Wood

[bonsaibill]

Anybody have any idea what wood this is. I have quite a bit of it in the form of hardwood flooring scrap.

 

[JimGo]

Ipe?

 

[penbros]

Looks kinna like jarrah or jatoba. is it heavy for its size?

You know what? It probably is jatoba(brazillian cherry).
Lotts of floors are jatoba.

 

[its_virgil]

I first thought Brazilizn Cherry, but not now. I vote Ipe.Here are pics of Brazilian Cherry and Ipe

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Do a goodturn daily!
Don

 

[penbros]

http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/ look under j and then scroll down to jatoba and you will see that the pic of the wood and your flooring scrap look very similer. Then look at ipe. I vote jatoba. DONTR CHALLENGE ME AS I JUST BOUGHT SOME TODAY![}][]

 

[loglugger]

I will go with Brazilian Cherry.
Bob

 

[alamocdc]

It looks too open grained for the Ipe I have. Other than that, I'm afraid I'm no help.

 

[its_virgil]

Jatoba is Brazilian Cherry and Jarrah is a species of eucalyptus often called Swan River Mahagony.
Do a goo turn daily!
Don

Originally posted by penbros
<br />Looks kinna like jarrah or jatoba. is it heavy for its size?

You know what? It probably is jatoba(brazillian cherry).
Lotts of floors are jatoba.

 

[penbros]

Originally posted by its_virgil
<br />Jatoba is Brazilian Cherry and Jarrah is a species of eucalyptus often called Swan River Mahagony.
Do a goo turn daily!
Don

Originally posted by penbros
<br />Looks kinna like jarrah or jatoba. is it heavy for its size?

You know what? It probably is jatoba(brazillian cherry).
Lotts of floors are jatoba.

I know i was just thinking that it might be jarrah but now i dont think it is.

 

[leehljp]

BonsaiBill,

That looks EXACTLY like some Japanese wood that I have had. I still have a piece or two somewhere. For the color that it shows on my screen and the sharp grain also, it looks very similar to what I have had. Unfortunately, I have forgotten the name. I can find that to at a specialty wood store, if my wood turns out to look exactly like that.

 

[bradh]

Could also be Redheart, I just bought some that looks alot like that Brazilian Cherry piece that Don Ward posted.
Brad

 

[ilikewood]

I think the whole clue here is that it is hardwood flooring. Most exotic hardwood flooring is usually Ipe or Brazilian Cherry. If you are real rich you can go with other exotics such as Bubinga or even Cocobolo, but most of us poor pen turners (who spend way too much on their turning toys) can only afford the stardard woods.

 

[JimGo]

OK, so we've concluded that it's one or the other? Jatoba/Brazilian Cherry was my other guess.