Unknown wood

[bodrighywood]

Any ideas as to the type of wood please? From a dirty plank I have, no smell and cuts easily.

Thanks, Pete

[seventhdevil]

i want to say catalpa but you say it has no scent...

can you get a clear endgrain shot?

it focussed on the background not the wood.

[bodrighywood]

I'll try. Have to cut another piece as it has been in storage for years and is covered in muck.

Pete

[Percy]

If not Catalpa, then might be Iroko? Might explain the lack of odour...

[bodrighywood]

Definitely not iroko. I have turned quite a lot of that and it's totally different.

Pete

[Paul Hannaby]

Could it be laburnum?

[Les Symonds]

Could it be laburnum?

.....that would explain the occasionally paired growth rings; I have a lot of home grown laburnum in stock and much of it has this feature. I am told that if laburnum has a very successful year, growth wise, then it rests for the following year!

Les

[The Bowler Hatted Turner]

What about an odd cut of Osage Orange?

[bodrighywood]

It is quite different to laburnum plus it is an offcut from a furniture designer so he wouldn't use laburnum. Osage orange I haven't a clue, not ever had that one. Got a student today but will try and get some unfinished shots in clser detail later.

Pete

[seventhdevil]

laburnum is a possibility but i find it unlikely myself, nor do i think it is a bit of osage.

i'm thinking it may be a bit of robinia but need to see the wood in person really.

if you have an offcut pete you could send it to me in a jiffy bag if you really want it identifying.

[fuzzyturns]

It does look like laburnum. However, Laburnum is very hard and does not cut easily, plus Pete says it's not. Robinia is a possibility, looks similar, but again is quite hard.

[Roger Groom]

Sumac???