Can you identify what this wood is

[Aden30mm]

Hi

I have just been given 3 lumps of freshly sawn timber. I cannot identify it. Could any of you guy give me a steer on what wood it could be. It does not have resinous scent.

Kindly see attached photos.

Regards

Aden

 

[Benchwayze]

Aden,

Might be Laburnum, but I can't see the bark properly. Inside looks as I recall Laburnum. Decorative end grain, used as thick veneers; 'oysters'. (Tiles!)

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Looks like beech to me.

 

[woodyturner]

Looking at the bark I would say it is beech as well Laburnum is has a darner heart wood

 

[dickm]

+1 for beech. Definitely not Laburnum, which even in small branches has very dark brown heartwood. Also unlikely to find a piece of laburnum of that size unless you are very lucky

 

[Benchwayze]

Guess I was wrong then.
As to size, I had to fell a laburnum about 35 years ago. It was a mature tree, not much smaller in the bole than these logs. Can't say I recall the heartwood mind, but yes I think it would have been darker. I was just glad to be rid of it to prevent my children eating the seeds!

 

[Phil Pascoe]

I remember when I was about 14yrs old trying the seed pods - quite a pleasant taste! It wasn't til a while afterwards that I found out they were poisonous. I may or may not have been sick after, I don't remember. I didn't actually swallow much (obviously!).

 

[Modernist]

I think Beech

 

[Vic Perrin]

I agree with the majority of replies it looks like Beech

 

[Aden30mm]

Many thanks to you all, I cut the timber into turning blanks and I agree its beech (very wet).

Kind regards

Aden