Wood ID please!

[Hammock Hamster]

Hi all, I have just been given some off cuts of some large branches or small trunks that have been sitting in father in laws shed for several years.

He has no idea what species of tree they are from and my googling has come to nothing.
Any idea what they might be as although completely dry I expect I can carve something from them.

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[Mesquite]

Looks a lot like lime to me.

If it is then you'll enjoy carving it as it's a premier wood for that

 

[Hammock Hamster]

I did wonder at that as I have used it a lot in the past, it threw me a bit as the bark has gone so gray and dull with age.


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[forrestdweller]

it's a bit difficult to make out on my small tablet but the growth rings look rather close to me so i wonder if it might be some kind of oak (or another hardwood)....

 

[Davidn]

Very difficult to tell but bark looks very Hornbeam like.

 

[HillBill]

The wood looks like Oak.

 

[Leshy]

It's speculation, but could it be Ash?
It certainly looks like it by the bark ...

Only going by the bark and grain is really difficult to ascertain with confidence though.

... any chance to find out where it came from ? If your father in law knows where , seeing the stump will definitely help as small saplings will probably surround it or even emerge from the stump itself...

 

[dwardo]

Weight in hand will give it away. If it is something oak or hornbeam it will weight a lot. .6 - .9 SG. If its lime it will be very, very light.

Bark might help too, if its very fibrous and the inner pulls off in long strips then lime.

 

[Hammock Hamster]

Weight in hand will give it away. If it is something oak or hornbeam it will weight a lot. .6 - .9 SG. If its lime it will be very, very light.

Bark might help too, if its very fibrous and the inner pulls off in long strips then lime.

I am none the wiser, its fairly light in the hand but a few good whacks with my froe did little other than put a dent in the end of the round. Not sure it helps that it is very dry

 

[Nice65]

The medullary rays (white radiating lines) suggest a type of oak.

 

[Leshy]

Where did you see medullary rays buddy?

 

[HillBill]

They are all through the end grain on the top pic. It's one of the reasons i said the wood looked like oak. Others were colour, and ring density. That piece is around 28 years old. And doesn't look too big.

 

[Leshy]

Quite right, I totally missed that...
Well done !
Well that's that then... I don't know any other timber that gets those so I think thats settled it for the OP.

Its for this and other reasons I love this forum, doesn't matter how difficult question, or how unlikely to get an answer , and bam! There it is... somebody always comes up with the goods...

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