What kind of mystery wood is this??

My first guest is honey locust…Blkcherry

I would say elm ?

-- Urban logger, http://nelsonwoodworks.biz/

From the looks of the rings its a very fast growing wood probably only suitable for forklift pallets. I bet it curls up like a noodle if you ripped it down the middle.

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It’s really HARD and HEAVY wood. I hope it’s a little more stable than that!! I don’t really plan to rip it. It looks mostly quarter to rift-sawn, so I plan to resaw it into several guitar fingerboards or something…

Thanks.

-- Lane Custom Guitars and Basses

I’d have to take a guess that its one of the Mahogany’s.

Check out this site to see.

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definitley NOT American Cherry…those growth rings are way too far apart. I’ve had some Lyptus that had the huge growth rings and was also very dark and dense . Is that “fur” along the edges still very tough and flexible ?

I was going to inquire about those beautiful Maple blanks in the background : ) I am a collector of all types of future project woods myself : ) There are members from all over the world on this site and I’m sure someone will recognize your prize and share the correct info with all of us soon …have a great weekend : )

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Dusty: YES the “fur” (planer tear-out) is very tough and flexible. What do you know about this?? Is the Lyptus the same way?
Thanks Dick for the link. I have been looking to the HOBBIT’s website for over a year now, but thanks anyway. I’m sure others will benefit from this wood index!!

This page shows pictures of EVERY wood with the name.

-- Lane Custom Guitars and Basses

I have a pallet with a similar makers mark that was mahogany and something else. 3 of the boards where great looking pieces of mahogany, the rest are soso.

One slat was quartersawn and I resawed it and bookmatched it to get a panel for a project for my wife.

the 2 other woods I don’t know what they are, I was planning on doing the same thing you are and posting a picture. I’ll have to dig up my camera now.

Pretty, but I don’t think that I’d trust it for anything other that slicing up for thin veneers. And I mean the quilt figure in the background. The orange stuff, who knows?

A friend brought me his Sawzall today so I can Cut the pallet apart…
But I don’t think that’s going to work, now that I see how it’s put together. I want the piece that has the nails driven into it, not the thin slats going across the frame. Maybe I’ll use the Makita Sawzall (sp?) to salvage the thin boards, but I still have to pull the nails out of the piece I want.

SIGH! Claw hammer and wrecking bar it is!! “And don’t forget the most important safety rule. Wear these…safety glasses.”—Norm Abram

Anyone else have some ideas on what this is??

-- Lane Custom Guitars and Basses

I have no idea what it is, but it sure looks cool.

Be careful working it. Pallets can be treated with insecticides, etc…

-- - Real men read directions

figured butternut that’s been treated with something? Grain pattern resembles walnut, since butternut is white walnut I fugured why not. Let us know how light in color it is raw.

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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

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For what it’s worth, the inked stencil has the initials “HT” on it, which indicates that the pallet was manufactured for shipping freight out of the country. Many countries around the world will not allow pallets to pass through their Customs with potentially disastrous diseases or insects embedded in the wood. “HT” means heat-treated.
A factory where I once worked as a Receiver often ordered pallets from a local mill, and often they used down-grade lumber such as black walnut, red beech and some exotics purchased on the wholesale spot market. I’d pop off the boards I wanted by propping the pallet against a vertical I-beam girder and forcing the board out, nails and all, from behind with a fork of the forklift. The pallet company’s driver explained that nobody wanted the lower grades of expensive woods and pallet manufacturers would gobble up all the stucturally sound but not pretty wood. And of course there were always nice pieces among the rejects.
The ‘stringer’, the board you photographed, sadly, is probably not saveable due to the enormous number of rugged spiral nails embedded in it. The flat boards across the top of a pallet are where I always look for usable lumber, and I have lots of awersome qtr sawn oak and other treasures culled for free.
My guess would be red Elm…

-- If Stradivarius was alive today, he'd be using Gorilla Glue.

http://www.woodworkerssource.com/wood_specials.html?gclid=CIn-tL-KrZUCFQ60Hgodp3skjw

here’s another source…maybe you can email them some pictures of your prize for an ID ?

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