Mystery Wood

John B <[email protected]> wrote:

> Looks like Merranti to me.

I think that's it! I took a look at this site[1] to compare what
it says about Merranti and the wood I've got and they seem to be a
match. I think the stuff I have falls into the "light red" catagory.

Thanks for the help!

[1]: http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/meranti.htm

Bob Moos wrote:
> John B <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>Looks like Merranti to me.
>
>
> I think that's it! I took a look at this site[1] to compare what
> it says about Merranti and the wood I've got and they seem to be a
> match. I think the stuff I have falls into the "light red" catagory.
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
> [1]: http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/meranti.htm

My pleasure Bob

Bob Moos wrote:
> Well, at least it's a mystery to me. :) I'm hoping someone might be
> kind enough to help me identify some wood I've come across. I've
> tried looking at some sites on the Internet that show pictures of
> different species of wood, but I just don't know enough about what I'm
> looking at. Here's some pictures of what I'm trying to identify:
>
> http://bob.atww.net/main.php/v/MysteryWood/
>

G'day Bob,
Looks like Merranti to me.
Regards
John

Bob Moos wrote:

> Well, at least it's a mystery to me. :) I'm hoping someone might be
> kind enough to help me identify some wood I've come across. I've
> tried looking at some sites on the Internet that show pictures of
> different species of wood, but I just don't know enough about what I'm
> looking at. Here's some pictures of what I'm trying to identify:
>
> http://bob.atww.net/main.php/v/MysteryWood/
>
> I recently acquired a piece of broken furniture and I'm taking it
> apart to reuse the wood. The original piece appeared to be a futon
> frame.
>
> The pictures show some bits from the piece, after I ran it through
> my planer to dimension and remove the finish. It would seem to be
> some type of soft wood as I can make an indentation in it with a
> finger nail if I try.

You don't say where you are--if you're in the US you could send Forest
Products Laboratories a sample and they'll identify it for you, at least as
far as can be done by examining the wood itself. They'll do something like
5 a year free for US citizens and handle foreign inquiries on an available
time (i.e. after all the US inquiries have been processed which if they
have a heavy workload means "take forever") basis.


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Bob Moos wrote:

> Well, at least it's a mystery to me. :) I'm hoping someone might be
> kind enough to help me identify some wood I've come across. I've
> tried looking at some sites on the Internet that show pictures of
> different species of wood, but I just don't know enough about what I'm
> looking at. Here's some pictures of what I'm trying to identify:
>
> http://bob.atww.net/main.php/v/MysteryWood/
>
> I recently acquired a piece of broken furniture and I'm taking it
> apart to reuse the wood. The original piece appeared to be a futon
> frame.
>
> The pictures show some bits from the piece, after I ran it through
> my planer to dimension and remove the finish. It would seem to be
> some type of soft wood as I can make an indentation in it with a
> finger nail if I try.
>
> Thanks!

I forgot to provide the FPL link
<http://www2.fpl.fs.fed.us/WoodID/idfact.html>.

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J. Clarke <[email protected]> wrote:

> You don't say where you are--if you're in the US you could send Forest
> Products Laboratories a sample and they'll identify it for you, at
> least as far as can be done by examining the wood itself.
[...]
> http://www2.fpl.fs.fed.us/WoodID/idfact.html

Thanks for the tip, I'll keep that in mind if I run into any more
mystery wood.