Graye Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 When we moved in to this house there was a pile of rotting logs under brambles in the back garden. After disposing of a lot of them (all oak but rotted away) and rescuing some for the fire we discovered all sorts of sawn pieces as opposed to logs. Many of them have been rescued to make shelves and other odds and ends. There were three enormous thick pieces which have now been used to make the tops for rustic coffee tables. We are now left with one beautiful piece of hardwood which is currently being turned into yet another table but we can't decide what type of wood it is. It just isn't quite heavy enough to be oak and the grain pattern looks all wrong. We've only roughly sanded it at the moment but can anyone hazard a guess about what it might be please?[IMG]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a192/MiriamOppenheim/DSCN4471-1.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 A nice piece of elm? Or even ash with such a pronounced grain pattern?Whatever, it will make a nice table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postie Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Not sure, but could this one of the "chestnut" woods? [8-)] We have a chestnut floor and it looks very similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postie Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 ps: Lets have a pic or 2 of the finished products - should look stunning!! [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graye Posted September 23, 2008 Author Share Posted September 23, 2008 Chestnut might be a good bet as there are a lot of chestnut trees around here. It will probably end up with oak legs. I'll post a few pictures once it's done.Thanks for the ideas. Perhaps there might be more once it's finished and waxed. Certainly too nice to be chopped up for firewood anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave&Olive Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 hi ok it`s !!! sorry to say , but it`s , yes , it`s ..... Red ....... ...... Pine . Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graye Posted September 23, 2008 Author Share Posted September 23, 2008 I must admit that I have no idea what it might be. Is red pine a type of hardwood? This seems amazingly heavy for pine - more like oak. It's also incredibly hard to work. We DO have another piece of very heavy pine (from a different source) but it is a post rather than a flat piece and hard to do a comparison.Here's another view if that would help?[IMG]http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l360/janlawther/DSCN4469.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 If it is a very resinous pine (the dark bits) then it can be very heavy and difficult to work. The resin is quite hard and will dull those tools in no time.Its hard to tell from the picture but if you cut it somewhere, you should easily smell the resin if it is pineDanny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Head Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Confusing, a macro pic of fresh cut end grain would be good to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graye Posted September 24, 2008 Author Share Posted September 24, 2008 Thanks for that. Here are a couple of macro pix of the cut edge of the table. The true depth of the wood is around about an inch. Hope these are good enough I've never used the camera to shoot macro pix before. Let me know if not and I'll try some in daylight. There are no signs of any resin smells on the cut pieces.[IMG]http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l360/janlawther/DSCN4489.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l360/janlawther/DSCN4490.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkhunter Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 I agree with previous poster, looks like ash to me. Especially the bottom picture.First thoughts were red pine, but now........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 I must agree with Sharky and that the other, really nice, generous and good looking bloke wot said it was ash is probably correct [blink][:$][:D].. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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