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Can anyone ID the darker wood in this picture? All I know about it is it came on a pallet that was shipped from Indionesia.


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I have tried to find the wood on the internet, but no luck. Tim
 
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Sorry Jason, that's as close as I can get it. I tried getting it closer, and all I got was a blurry pic. The wood has alot of "fleck" in the figure. Similar in color to mahogany(probably a more reddish tint than any mahogany I have ever turned.) I've got some flat pieces. I'll try to get some different pics. Tim
 
look at the segment immediatly to the left of center. there is like a red band running through the orangeish color That is throughout the wood. Tim
 
When I first saw the pic, i thought Padauk. But since you said it was on a pallet, it's not likely to be that. Mahogany is much more likely to be used on a pallet, by far.

The species a pallet is made of depends greatly on what the pallet is to hold. Heavy things generally require a hardwood of some kind. All the air compressors (60 gal and bigger) at my favorite tool store look to be on either oak or ash.
 
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The species a pallet is made of depends greatly on what the pallet is to hold. Heavy things generally require a hardwood of some kind. All the air compressors (60 gal and bigger) at my favorite tool store look to be on either oak or ash.
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Raw rubber is what was shipped on these pallets. That stuff is extremely heavy. There was only a couple boards of this wood. All the rest was just a plain grained wood about the color of oak. Tim
 
My wifes Grandfather was a expert carpenter during WWII. He trained German POW's in carpentry during their captivity. As a gift when they were released, they made a table from palets and inlaid all kinds of woods for a game table. Some of the woods included are mahogany, blackbean, some ebonies, rosewoods. I guess in some places and in older times, any wood available would make a good palet.
 
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<br />tseger, do you have an unfinished piece of the wood you can show us?

I'm stumped so far[:(]
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Darick, I thought I had some of that wood here, but it at my Dad's house. I'll be going there today. I'll pick up a piece of it and try to get some good pics to post this afternoon. Tim
 
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