Which wood is this....?

[Distinterior]

I rescued this from a skip at my customers house this morning ( with their permission, of course .....)It was the lowest part/ sill of a tall full height window that was removed and replaced with a set of painted alluminium doors. I checked the rest of the parts of the wooden frame, but it was all softwood.
I believe the original window was fitted in about 1991 when the original barn to house conversion was done.

The door guys cut it up into the smaller lengths you can see in the pictures.

I think its probably Iroko in my opinion, but further opinions would be appreciated.

First & second picture show a freshly cut end with a wipe of Denatured Alcohol on them.....

 

[deema]

Sapele

 

[Distinterior]

Sapele

Really..?
I have a quite a bit of what I thought was Sapele and it is a lot "redder" than this threshold.......Perhaps what I thought was Sapele, ....isn't??

 

[Doug71]

It's often hard to tell from photos but I'd say it's Iroko.

 

[Distinterior]

I'll put a section of what I "thought" was Sapele next to this stuff.....

 

[Doug71]

A good test for Iroko is to sand it without any extraction or mask and stick a splinter of it in your finger, if you end up choking and wheezing, covered in a nasty rash and with a septic finger it's probably Iroko

 

[Distinterior]

This is what I thought was Sapele next to a bit of the skip rescued wood this morning.....Both were freshly wiped with DNA....

 

[deema]

Sapelle has a defined stripe that Iroko usually doesn’t have. Iroko usually has golden / orange hints which I don’t see in the sample.
The easiest for me is the smell when it’s cut. Sapelle has a definite smell a bit like cedar, Iroko doesn’t have any real smell, just irritating!

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Meranti?

 

[deema]

I’d have said the red wood sample was possible Meranti. Can’t really see enough of it. Would need to see the end grain which in meranti has big pores

 

[Cabinetman]

I immediately thought Sapelle.

 

[niall Y]

If it was sold for sills around the 1990's then it could possibly be Keruing. All Jewson's sills used this at that time. It often oozes a bit of stickiness from the end grain and has a bit of weight to it. If it feels light then I would guess Meranti.

Edit. It also has quite a distinct rosin type smell when you cut into it.

 

[Distinterior]

It definitely has more weight to it compared to the "redder" wood.

I'll make a fresh cross cut on both woods tomorrow and show the end grain of each side by side.

 

[Orraloon]

Meranti is my guess because it looks like it and it is widely used for doors, door frames and windows.
Regards
John

 

[stuart little]

If it was sold for sills around the 1990's then it could possibly be Keruing. All Jewson's sills used this at that time. It often oozes a bit of stickiness from the end grain and has a bit of weight to it. If it feels light then I would guess Meranti.

Edit. It also has quite a distinct rosin type smell when you cut into it.

I picked out a piece of keruing from my 'collection' of ex-conservatory-timber, the other day, but it was too heavy for the job. I found a piece of tulip (I think), which felt like balsa weightwise, in comparison.

 

[stuart little]

I rescued this from a skip at my customers house this morning ( with their permission, of course .....)It was the lowest part/ sill of a tall full height window that was removed and replaced with a set of painted alluminium doors. I checked the rest of the parts of the wooden frame, but it was all softwood.
I believe the original window was fitted in about 1991 when the original barn to house conversion was done.

The door guys cut it up into the smaller lengths you can see in the pictures.

I think its probably Iroko in my opinion, but further opinions would be appreciated.

First & second picture show a freshly cut end with a wipe of Denatured Alcohol on them.....

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I've got a shed-load of this, all ex-conservatory timber. All species of mahogamy -- oops! mahogany.

 

[Distinterior]

Here are a couple of photos showing both freshly cross cut ends and freshly planed faces....

The redder timber is what I had always assumed was Sapele......I also rescued it from a skip more than 10 years ago and I have loads of it....

 

[deema]

What did it smell like when cut.

 

[Distinterior]

What did it smell like when cut.

I cant say it smelled of anything, to be honest...!

I know the redder timber is a smaller section of wood, but it feels far lighter and less dense than yesterday's rescue..

 

[J-G]

The redder timber is what I had always assumed was Sapele......I also rescued it from a skip more than 10 years ago and I have loads of it....

I have something similar (to the 'light brown' sample) again as a doorframe base and I'm voting for it being Keruing. It's HEAVY and HARD and plays havoc with any tool!

If you can weigh a small piece it would tell you more, a 25mm cube of Keruing should weigh about 12g. Mahogany/Sapele about 8 - 9g.

This of course is a very rough guide.