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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Aidan on November 22, 2019, 08:29:25 PM

Title: What woods are these please ?
Post by: Aidan on November 22, 2019, 08:29:25 PM
Hi All.
 I got these two in a "selection box" from Ebay but no labels to identify the wood. Can you help ?
Thanks,
Aidan
Title: Re: What woods are these please ?
Post by: seventhdevil on November 22, 2019, 09:13:03 PM
the tea light is a bit if Idigbo (Terminalia ivorensis) but the bowl is not quite so obvious. it looks like it may be a boldly grained bit of sapele (Entandrophragma cylindricum) but can you give a second image for me to see please...
Title: Re: What woods are these please ?
Post by: The Bowler Hatted Turner on November 22, 2019, 10:12:50 PM
Quote from: seventhdevil on November 22, 2019, 09:13:03 PM
the tea light is a bit if Idigbo (Terminalia ivorensis) but the bowl is not quite so obvious. it looks like it may be a boldly grained bit of sapele (Entandrophragma cylindricum) but can you give a second image for me to see please...
Could be quater sawn Danta.
Title: Re: What woods are these please ?
Post by: Aidan on November 23, 2019, 06:53:32 AM
Here are two other images of the bowl gents. Thanks for the help.
Title: Re: What woods are these please ?
Post by: seventhdevil on November 23, 2019, 10:41:10 AM
i'm sticking with sapele. nice grain in it though and a nice bowl too.
Title: Re: What woods are these please ?
Post by: Aidan on November 23, 2019, 01:13:02 PM
Many Thanks for that. The milliput chipped as I was turning it but I'll clean it up when I get some more.
Title: Re: What woods are these please ?
Post by: Sandy on November 23, 2019, 03:30:16 PM
Hi Aiden,

Just read your post and looked at your images; your first one shows that the tea-light is sitting directly in the hole you've made in the wood and is also a very 'tight fit' with the wood.  Am I correct?

If so, I politely suggest you have a read of some very good posts on this forum that contain very helpful H&S advice and guidance about fitting tea-lights and candles into wooden products in a safe and practical manner.

Use the Search facility and "What price safety" and "H&S in our products" for starters.

If I'm wrong with the image, my apologies.



Title: Re: What woods are these please ?
Post by: Doug Barratt on November 23, 2019, 06:37:52 PM
The bowl looks like cherry to me & Idigbo for the tea light holder