Stinky exotic timber?

[se7enthdevil]

1 hour ago, mickdundee said:

No problem for lump mate, I’ve got about 3 meters of it. Another guess from Facebook was idigbo. I struggle enough with IDing British stuff. I’m clueless with foreign timbers

 

cheers mate, what section size is it???

[se7enthdevil]

8 hours ago, sloth said:

Where's Skittles McSteve?

where did that name come from???

[mickdundee]

 
cheers mate, what section size is it???

3x3” ish without putting a tape to it

[sloth]

Your name is Steve isn't it? Sorry if not! Just thought it had a nice ring to it..

[tony_t3d]

A friend of mine uses old pallet wood in his art work and he is always after Indian sandstone crates he said they are made with types of Jungle wood, rassak salwood , kapur wood, red marranty wood.

The latter has a pungent smell when cut, although I think it's darker grain. I can't seem to find a lot online about it for some reason.

[se7enthdevil]

probably because you are spelling it wrong.

 

try looking for meranti.

 

 

there are lots of jungle woods that are not used for main timber export but are used locally for pallet manufacture so it may be that this timber never gets identified.

[se7enthdevil]

58 minutes ago, sloth said:

Your name is Steve isn't it? Sorry if not! Just thought it had a nice ring to it..

 

yes i'm a steve alright, it's the "Mc" bit i was thrown by.

 

all taken in good humour though.

[Woodworks]

Could possibly be Ramin

 

Popped into my head when doing the washing up. Not sure if it should pop straight out again haha

Edited November 4, 2017 by Woodworks

[se7enthdevil]

1 hour ago, Woodworks said:

Could possibly be Ramin

 

Popped into my head when doing the washing up. Not sure if it should pop straight out again haha

 

perhaps it should as ramin is usually nearly white...

Edited November 5, 2017 by se7enthdevil

[tony_t3d]

probably because you are spelling it wrong.
 
try looking for meranti.
 
 
there are lots of jungle woods that are not used for main timber export but are used locally for pallet manufacture so it may be that this timber never gets identified.

[emoji15] spelling never was my thing [emoji16]