Wood ID

[xraymtb]

Need help identifying some timber please. I'm not very good at it!

 

[Beau]

Looks like chestnut. Does it have a slightly orangey tinge? Chestnut usually does

 

[blackrodd]

Looks like chestnut. Does it have a slightly orangey tinge? Chestnut usually does

+1 For chestnut, I do find it difficult as it is so similar to oak.
Regards Rodders

 

[xraymtb]

Oak was my first thought but it doesn't have the rays I thought oak normally has. I'm not sure if I would say it has an orange tint but I maybe need to look at it outdoors.

 

[Woody2Shoes]

It's probably chestnut, but could be ash? W2S

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Ash, I'd think. Most of the chestnut I've seen has been redder, and I think the end grain a bit pronounced for it.
Of course much depends on the colour veracity of the photo.

 

[xraymtb]

The photo was under fluorescent light on a mobile so the colours may not be great!

On another note, how do you guys know this stuff!?!?

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Try to get a pic. at 90 degrees to the board, so we're not looking across it.

 

[Woody2Shoes]

Another clue is the smell when you cut it - chestnut smells more of tannin (sort of bitter) and ash smells less strongly and slightly "nutty". Cheers, W2S

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Tannin. Yes - put a nail, a bit of wire wool or swarf on a shaving with a few drops of water - if it's chestnut it'll go blue black quite quickly.

 

[xraymtb]

Tried another image, this time outside and looking straight at it.

I'll try the tannin thing later.

 

[blackrodd]

Is this the same piece of wood? looks more like elm now to me, but the endgrain in pic 1, did look rather chestnutty.
Rodders

 

[damo8604]

On another note, how do you guys know this stuff!?!?

I know right!

I'm blooming useless at identifying anything other than pine

 

[xraymtb]

Is this the same piece of wood? looks more like elm now to me, but the endgrain in pic 1, did look rather chestnutty.
Rodders

Same piece. Might be the other side.

 

[Beau]

Still says chestnut to me. The tannin test sounds a good idea