Identifying timber

[brianhabby]

Can anyone point me to a website that can help identify a species of timber please? I'm sure I've seen links on here for that but I'm blowed if I can find the relevent posts now,

regards

Brian

 

[coille]

Can anyone point me to a website that can help identify a species of timber please? I'm sure I've seen links on here for that but I'm blowed if I can find the relevent posts now,

regards

Brian

Have you got a pic of what you want to ID Brian? Close up as poss. Might be able to help if its British. If not there's plenty others will.

Pat

 

[brianhabby]

It's not actually for me, it's for my son. He has a piece of furniture that he wants to match something to.

Here's a pic:

regards

Brian

 

[coille]

It's not actually for me, it's for my son. He has a piece of furniture that he wants to match something to.

Here's a pic:

regards

Brian

Could that be Cedar of Lebanon?

Pat

 

[andy king]

Hi Brian,

my first thought was ash.

cheers,
Andy

edit: a close up of the grain would help confirm one way or the other

 

[Rob Platt]

American white ash?
If he`s trying to match it might be close. As is often the case easier to say what it isn`t rather than what it may be.
All the best
rob

 

[brianhabby]

I'd already thought it might be ash but I didn't want to say. I'm not very good at identifying wood in the flesh never mind from a photo

regards

Brian

 

[Shane]

Looks like a CD rack from Argos, melamine faced chipboard with a slight maple look to the print. Has it got grey shelves?

 

[Rob Platt]

This looks good had a play with google.
http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/
All the best
Rob

 

[fortyfourpm]

Looks like a CD rack from Argos, melamine faced chipboard with a slight maple look to the print. Has it got grey shelves?

Hi Shane you are correct. It was only cheap, but the colour isn't what it was supposed to be. We have a 10 month old who has found a new game of pull all the cvds/dvds out so I want to make a set of doors. Struggling because, as you pointed out, it isn't natural wood.

 

[Shane]

If it were me I would make the doors from redwood (from somewhere like TP, not wickes or b+poo) and maybe use something like dulux woodwash to tone out the yellowness a little, obviously do a test peice first.

 

[brianhabby]

If it were me I would make the doors from redwood (from somewhere like TP, not wickes or b+poo) and maybe use something like dulux woodwash to tone out the yellowness a little, obviously do a test peice first.

Sounds like a plan to me

regards

Brian

 

[Shane]

You will find that the redwood will shift around a bit when they acclimatise to your house, but give it a couple of weeks and they'll settle back down

 

[RogerS]

Another vote for ash

 

[adidat]

+1 ash

adidat

 

[mtt.tr]

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