I'm not the best at identifying wood species, rather new to woodworking. I purchased a large lot of lumber this weekend, primarily ash and maple, but I did find this board in the stack. It's very hard, heavy, and dense. Is anyone able to identify this?
Not totally sure what it is but I believe I've seen it before. I want to say Brazilian ebony was one possibility that we came up with. Mine sure looks like yours, only darker. Another guess was ipe.
I gave that piece to Bill…I had a huge block of it that one of the other LJ members was kind enough to help me re-saw…..My guess was Katalox….it's difficult to work with, brittle and smells like chocolate when cut…be very careful if you put it through a thickness planer…it chips out really bad (I had pieces flying everywhere in my shop…)...but it definitely looks like the same wood….
That's right, katalox! We just call it mad jester wood, don't we. I noticed how it looks with the stripes after sanded. Jeff's looked the same way out of his sander.
After looking through Google images really is a toss up between Jatoba and Katalox. I'll run this through the sander to get a better idea of final appearance.
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