can you identify this timber

[Indie Shed]

I've come across a barn due for demolition and the farmer is clearing it all out ready.

I have picked up 8 planks of this wood but I don't know what it is.

I would upload some more pics but can't get the files small enough.

 

[Chrispy]

Pretty sure it's Beech

 

[marcros]

that was my immediate thought too.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Good a guess as any.

 

[Indie Shed]

Not bad then for £20! If anyone wants the contact PM me and pass it on, its located near Dewsbury.

Now to decide what to do with it!


Thanks for the prompt answers.

 

[andersonec]

That could be Sycamore or lime, it seems too white and too fibrous for Beech, you need to plane a section smooth and get a close up of the grain, a shot of some bark would also help.

Andy

 

[Indie Shed]

Another shot after rough turning. I will have to wait for daylight to get a shot of the bark. All I know is the wood has been in the barn at least 10 years!

 

[sdjp]

Another shot after rough turning. I will have to wait for daylight to get a shot of the bark. All I know is the wood has been in the barn at least 10 years!

Yep, I'd call that as beech. It's got the classic pale wood / dark brown medullary rays for it.

 

[undergroundhunter]

Beech, most definitely.

Matt

 

[beaver]

+1 for beech

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Still beech.

 

[Scottdimelow]

Ebony

 

[Tetsuaiga]

Yes i'd say Ebony, =P I mean Beech too.