Wood Identifying

[SteveF]

Hi All

I have been given some wide boards from a loft
Approx 100 years old

they are light brown in colour and straight grain

the boards are about 8' long and 12" wide

not sure what I could use them for, but may help if I knew what they was please ?

Steve

 

[MickCheese]

Steve

Probably pine but really need a photograph.

Mick

 

[SteveF]

Mike

a couple of boards are pine

the others are more like oak, but surely no-one would have put oak on a loft floor

I cant post pictures

Steve

 

[Chrispy]

Send them to me, I'll tell you what they are. :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[SteveF]

Hi Chrispy

i don't have a big enough envelope :lol:

I guess i have make a few posts before i can put pics up

a cut end of a piece
end grain perfect straight with darker rings \ lines about 2mm apart
surface grain (sorry dont know correct terminology) straight lines same as end grain

 

[CHJ]

.......I guess i have make a few posts before i can put pics up
......

There is a picture posting guide at the top of the forum

 

[SteveF]

Hope this helps

 

[Chrispy]

Looks like Elm to me. No need for an envelope brown paper and string will do. :lol:

 

[SteveF]

may need a big trailer :lol:

they are 8 foot long and a foot wide

 

[dm65]

You're all soft - I could get 4 of those in my Golf while you two are trying to remember your knots for that string

 

[Chrispy]

Golf buggy thats a good idea.

 

[Sgian Dubh]

Hope this helps

It's probably red pine, aka Scots pine or Pinus sylvestris. Slainte.

 

[devonwoody]

Watch our for nails if using machinery or whatever.

 

[SteveF]

A friend has suggested chestnut

is that a maybe ?

Steve

 

[Chrispy]

Maybe, can you post a picture of the whole board, it will give a better idea of the lay out and features of the wood in question.

 

[Spindle]

Hi

I have some Douglas Fir which looks identical to that

Regards Mick

 

[SteveF]

A pic of a few bits I used for a door for my shed

the rest is still in rough sawn so may not be visible

p.s. please don't judge door it is hand planed and not finished yet

 

[SteveF]

no-one help with identify

Steve

 

[Chrispy]

I still stand by my Elm.

 

[dickm]

Well, the door timber looks very different from the piece shown earlier. That did have the right grain and colour for pine, but the door looks to be too browny-cream for pine, and would tend to support your mate's suggestion of cherry. Or could indeed be chestnut.
Sorry, not much help!