January 31, 20251 yr A friend of mine gave me a pickup truck load of wood. He was helping his neighbor clean out his shed, the wood was in there when he had bought the property in the mid 80’s. Looks like it was salvaged from shipping crates and boxes from overseas. Some of it looks like mahoganythe rest of it I can’t identify. See if yall have any ideas.
January 31, 20251 yr Author If anyone has any ideas as to the species I’d like to know. I haven’t been able to identify them.
January 31, 20251 yr A guy I worked with gave me some wood from the walls of his basement. His dad worked for one of the tire manufacturers in Akron , Ohio and brought home slats off of wood pallets the rubber came in on. He said he dad referred to it as African Mahogany. Your wood looks very similar. Google it in images and you will see the similarity and the grain variations of it too.
January 31, 20251 yr I would agree some of it looks like mahogany, but it's always hard to ID wood from pictures.
January 31, 20251 yr Looks like Luan to me. African Mahogany is a better grade of Luan although African Mahogany isn't technically a true Mahogany. Luan is the cheaper version, if that helps.
January 31, 20251 yr Author It’s not plywood. They’re all solid wood planks of varying widths and thickness. Rough cut for the most part, screw and nail holes makes me think they were old shipping crates. There’s at least 7 different species. Edited January 31, 20251 yr by Zack
February 1, 20251 yr Lauan (or luan), also known as meranti, is seldom seen in the form of lumber these days, but is usually imported as plywood. But if these boards are indeed from the 80's, they may very well be lauan. Edited February 1, 20251 yr by HARO50
February 5, 20251 yr Author Popular Post Nothing in particular. I’ve made a few small projects, couple of marking gauges, shaving stand, chisel rack, try square, etc. Also made the frames for the doors on my shed with some of it. Some of it is hard and dense others are very light and fibery. I’d just like to know what they are more out of curiosity than anything. I haven’t found anyone that can i.d. It yet.
February 7, 20251 yr On 2/4/2025 at 9:07 PM, Zack said: I’ve made a few small projects, couple of marking gauges, shaving stand, chisel rack, try square, etc. Nice projects. Really like that marking gage.
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