What kind of wood?

[2012_taco]

I'm making a challenge coin display board for my son and I cleaned up this piece of what I thought was black walnut? Now that I look closely at it I'm thinking it might be chestnut? It's really hard, much harder than black walnut and it has grains similar to oak.  Does anyone know by looking at the pictures what kind of wood it is? This is 2 pieces glued together.

[airedale]

If I had to guess I would say Oak because of the open grain and color.

Al

Edited December 26, 2018 by airedale

[landtracdeerhunter]

Looks looks like oak by the picture. Oak has that a stronger smell than chestnut.

[philoshop]

I'm thinking red elm or possibly hickory. Hard to tell from just photos, though.

[G-Man]

Need end grain to tell between oak and chestnut. I would guess some kind of oak that had discoloration 

[TreeGuy]

Need end grain to tell between oak and chestnut. I would guess some kind of oak that had discoloration 

True. Almost has a maple look to it.

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[stubborn1VT]

1 hour ago, TreeGuy said:

True. Almost has a maple look to it.

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Pretty coarse grain for maple IMO.

[jmark]

I've seen plenty of walnut with that coloration, so I think it could be a walnut.  But the grain does look fairly open, more like oak.  Just don't recall ever seeing oak with that much dark coloring in it.  

[moog5050]

Definitely Koa.  OK, not really but I love Koa bows.

[Pygmy]

Being really HARD brings locust to mind...

Or an 18 year old  penis on Prom Night... Sorry..Couldn't help myself....<<blush>>….

[dbHunterNY]

not into wood working. rough cut boards from whatever is on the farm or around is where my experience caps. looks exactly like white oak. not sure about the dark portion though.

[dbHunterNY]

dark area is probably just the heart wood so it was boards from the center of the log.

[Otto]

Looks like red oak with discoleration, and like dbHunterNY said above probably from the center of the log.  You can see the “rays” in the grain, if the lumber was harder sawn, than rays would be more visible.

We have lots of cherry trees on our property and had several made into lumber.  The cabinet maker would not take them because they were very discolored from growing in soil that had shale in it.  Lots of black steaks in the lumber, it all ended up in the wood stove.  

Depending on what you are making, you could always trim that part out. Do you have any other pieces to use?

[Dinsdale]

The best way to ID wood is from looking at the end grain cell structure; this also allows one to differentiate species specific in class.....scrub oak vs red oak for example. A tangential cut also helps....google that.

For scroungers looking at picking up non ID'd wood a terrific book is Bruce Hoadleys "Identifying Wood with Simple Tools" put out by the folks who publish Fine Woodworking.

Other good resources are Forest Products Laboratory at University of Wisconsin.

Get a chance also pick up "Understanding Wood" also by Hoadley.

Can find used copies on Amazon at reasonable prices.

Get a chance to meet Bruce he a interesting guy to talk too; he used to guest lecture years ago, but not sure if he does that anymore. (professor at U. Mass Amherst)

[stubby68]

Burr oak

[Hunter007]

Oak 

[Dom]

Oak for sure.I also see that you had 1 board and cut it nearly in half and spliced them.The darkening and color difference is where a limb or hole was and allowed water to enter the trunk of the tree.Not sure what a challenge coin display.

[Hunter007]

Looks  like the oak board that you see at any home depot  the more I look at it the more I think that is what it is 

[Zag]

Looks like oak to me

[Lawdwaz]

Taco better get his butt back here and put this little charade to bed, PDQ.

[2012_taco]

What charade? I was hoping that someone might know what type of hardwood it is. I didn't think it looked like oak but i suppose it could be, there are so many different types of oak and the dark areas could just be some of the heart wood? It was stored in an old barn on Ayer rd that was torn down. 

I can post some pics of the end grain if that would help? 

[Doc]

I do a whole lot better when I can see some of the bark. But I will say that it has a lot of the grain characteristics of oak.

[wildcat junkie]

22 hours ago, TreeGuy said:

True. Almost has a maple look to it.

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20 hours ago, stubborn1VT said:

Pretty coarse grain for maple IMO.

Not maple for sure. Nit even close.

Doesn't look quite like oak to me either.

Maybe pecan?

[Doc]

What is a "challenge coin display board"?

[Jeremy K]