Can anyone tell me what this wood is? It came with some yard sale goodies, but the guy selling couldn't remember where it came from. He mostly did box and clock type work. Thanks.
How thick are the pieces? From the color, they look like they would shine with a nice finish, but that may be my inexperience speaking. I love pretty much all wood.
Sure doesn`t look like typical boxelder . Is the wood lightly spalted , or is the colour variation just the natural wood ? A good close-up photo of well sanded end grain would help .
Here's some better pics( I hope). I sanded the end grain and just wiped a little tung oil on. This stuff is really soft. There's no spalting. It dents very easily on the face and the edges seem to make small slivers if you bump it around too much.
From the end-grain, this still looks like Lyptus. When I worked with it, it worked and looked a lot like mahogany. It is relatively soft, although not as soft as pine.
The eucalyptus looks more like it than anything I've seen. Is eucalyptus the same as the Lyptus tomas was suggesting? And guys, I really appreciate the help with this.
Lyptus is an engineered, sustainable hardwood that is plantation grown. It's fairly heavy and hard. It does look a bit like mahogany with a more reddish hue. I've built some furniture out of it, and it does have a tendency to splinter.