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| Author: | JRessler [ Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Help me identify this wood from Sri Lanka |
I am building a stair for a client who owns a forest in Sri Lanka and had the lumber shipped here for his house. He thinks it is Teak, but I'm not so sure. If it is Teak, it is unlike other Teak I know. (Can you guess what I will do with the leftover material  )I'd like to know what it really is (very dense like Jatoba or Ipe) It's not Zircote |
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| Author: | Michael Dale Payne [ Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help me identify this wood from Sri Lanka |
I have no Idea if Sri Lanka has any walnut species or not but it reminds me of a crotch cut of walnut but I would not expect the spidering. i don't think it is teak as the color and grain structure looks way wrong. |
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| Author: | Steve Kinnaird [ Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help me identify this wood from Sri Lanka |
Holy cow, that's beautiful! It's crying to be made into guitars, whatever it is. Steve |
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| Author: | martinedwards [ Sun Nov 16, 2008 4:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help me identify this wood from Sri Lanka |
VERY pretty. I don't think it's teak, and first glance I thought walnut too!! he OWNS the forest it came from....... how many back and side sets can you get us? |
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| Author: | JRessler [ Sun Nov 16, 2008 7:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help me identify this wood from Sri Lanka |
martinedwards wrote: VERY pretty. I don't think it's teak, and first glance I thought walnut too!! he OWNS the forest it came from....... how many back and side sets can you get us? Yes, he OWNS the forest. He had all of the stair parts processed in Sri Lanka by worker's making $1 a day. Thankfully they still need people to install them! No one has a clue what this is??? |
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| Author: | JimWomack [ Sun Nov 16, 2008 9:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help me identify this wood from Sri Lanka |
Holy bat crap! He's going to let people WALK on that wood? That's gorgeous stuff. I don't know what it is either, but I'm with Steve... someone should make guitars out of it. |
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| Author: | Ken Franklin [ Sun Nov 16, 2008 11:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help me identify this wood from Sri Lanka |
It reminds me of some of the eucalypts I've seen. Maybe some of our luthiers from OZ might chime in. It also looks something like the wild olive sets at Oregon tonewoods, olea capensis macrocarpus. Jeffry Yong might know since he's the closest luthier to Sri Lanka I know. What does it tap like and are the pores close grained? Do you have any other boards? |
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| Author: | Michael Clark [ Sun Nov 16, 2008 6:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help me identify this wood from Sri Lanka |
It doesn't look like teak from where I sit. I've been around a lot of boats and seen miles of teak, and I've never seen any that looks even remotely like that! Teak typically has a very open, porous grain structure. It's lovely, though. Have fun with it! Michael |
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| Author: | Mark Groza [ Sun Nov 16, 2008 6:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help me identify this wood from Sri Lanka |
Looks alot like zircote to me.Could be an ebony though. |
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| Author: | JRessler [ Mon Nov 17, 2008 6:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help me identify this wood from Sri Lanka |
Ken Franklin wrote: It reminds me of some of the eucalypts I've seen. Maybe some of our luthiers from OZ might chime in. It also looks something like the wild olive sets at Oregon tonewoods, olea capensis macrocarpus. Jeffry Yong might know since he's the closest luthier to Sri Lanka I know. What does it tap like and are the pores close grained? Do you have any other boards? It is a very closed grain. The thinnest piece right now is 1", so I haven't started tapping on it yet, but from the looks of it, it will be an ideal tonewood (can't make a guitar with it until I get the stair done!) |
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| Author: | Mike Collins [ Mon Nov 17, 2008 3:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help me identify this wood from Sri Lanka |
Try www.woodsoftheworld.com or www.cookwoods.com You may get some help with the identification. Mike ![[:Y:]](./images/smilies/smiley20.gif "Thumbs Up")
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| Author: | Mike OMelia [ Tue Nov 18, 2008 12:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help me identify this wood from Sri Lanka |
I do not care what it is. If I send you $$ will you send me some? Mike |
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| Author: | JRessler [ Tue Nov 18, 2008 7:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help me identify this wood from Sri Lanka |
Mike O'Melia wrote: I do not care what it is. If I send you $$ will you send me some? Mike I think I better build the stair first . I would have a hard time explaining why I don't have any material to build his stair!
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