pollys13 Established Member Joined 19 Apr 2009 Messages 1,210 Reaction score 3 Location Swindon 9 Jul 2020 #1 Cheers. Attachments A.JPG 127.1 KB B.JPG 125.3 KB C.JPG 126.4 KB
Trevanion Greatest Of All Time Joined 29 Jul 2018 Messages 3,764 Reaction score 593 Location Pembrokeshire 9 Jul 2020 #2 Firewood :lol: Hard to tell from the photos but it looks a little like Ramin.
Droogs Not the Sharpest Moderator in the box Joined 14 Mar 2013 Messages 5,803 Reaction score 2,809 Location Edinburgh 9 Jul 2020 #3 looks a bit like sycamore to me, probably wrong though
D Doug71 Established Member Joined 28 Aug 2016 Messages 3,676 Reaction score 3,149 Location Yorkshire 9 Jul 2020 #4 Idigbo/Emeri?
pollys13 Established Member Joined 19 Apr 2009 Messages 1,210 Reaction score 3 Location Swindon 9 Jul 2020 #5 Some more photos outside. Thanks. Attachments 1.JPG 117.2 KB 2.JPG 112.7 KB 3.JPG 118.3 KB 4.JPG 121.1 KB 5.JPG 95 KB
Distinterior Established Member Joined 8 Mar 2014 Messages 1,897 Reaction score 1,104 Location Colchester, Essex. 9 Jul 2020 #6 If it is lightweight....Balsa..? Colour is similar.
pollys13 Established Member Joined 19 Apr 2009 Messages 1,210 Reaction score 3 Location Swindon 9 Jul 2020 #7 No pretty heavy.
MikeG. Established Member Joined 24 Aug 2008 Messages 10,172 Reaction score 704 Location Essex/ Suffolk border 9 Jul 2020 #8 Blimey, I'm struggling with that. Is it possibly a bleached beech?
B Bodgers Established Member Joined 21 Dec 2014 Messages 1,880 Reaction score 21 Location North Yorks 9 Jul 2020 #9 Grain doesn't suggest beach. I've worked a lot of it the last year, so I'm too familiar. More of tropical look. I vote Idigbo too
Grain doesn't suggest beach. I've worked a lot of it the last year, so I'm too familiar. More of tropical look. I vote Idigbo too
Yojevol Clocking on Joined 29 Jan 2017 Messages 1,903 Reaction score 1,331 Location Wotton-under-Edge, Glos 9 Jul 2020 #10 I reckon it's Idigbo. This is the nearest I could get to in The Wood Handbook by Nick Gibbs. A google search came up with this photo:- Brian Attachments idigbo-s.jpg 113.4 KB
I reckon it's Idigbo. This is the nearest I could get to in The Wood Handbook by Nick Gibbs. A google search came up with this photo:- Brian
Woody2Shoes Impressive Member Joined 5 Jan 2015 Messages 2,191 Reaction score 451 Location Sussex UK 9 Jul 2020 #11 My vote would be for (rather sunbleached) sapele or some similar tropical hardwood.
Alpha-Dave Established Member Joined 18 May 2015 Messages 488 Reaction score 259 Location Durham 9 Jul 2020 #12 Rubberwood. No, really it’s a real thing.
Distinterior Established Member Joined 8 Mar 2014 Messages 1,897 Reaction score 1,104 Location Colchester, Essex. 9 Jul 2020 #13 My parents had a large kitchen table & matching chairs made of Rubberwood about 25 years ago.....The colour & grain pattern was quite nice!
My parents had a large kitchen table & matching chairs made of Rubberwood about 25 years ago.....The colour & grain pattern was quite nice!
D Doug71 Established Member Joined 28 Aug 2016 Messages 3,676 Reaction score 3,149 Location Yorkshire 9 Jul 2020 #14 Just nipped down to the workshop and took a couple of pics of some Idigbo. Attachments idigbo 1.jpg 72.5 KB idigbo 2.jpg 93.2 KB
pollys13 Established Member Joined 19 Apr 2009 Messages 1,210 Reaction score 3 Location Swindon 9 Jul 2020 #15 OK thanks guys.
Hattori-Hanzo Established Member Joined 26 Oct 2019 Messages 218 Reaction score 118 Location West Sussex 9 Jul 2020 #16 Idigbo for sure. It has a very unusual smell, always reminded me of cat pee!
pollys13 Established Member Joined 19 Apr 2009 Messages 1,210 Reaction score 3 Location Swindon 10 Jul 2020 #17 Had a good sniff, can't smell anything......... but now I'm hallucinating.