Woodworkers and luthiers, lend me your eyes! (Wood identification fun awaits!)

NickBotfield

I got hold of a few chunky old shelves from work but I've no idea what the wood is.  Here are some pictures.  They're pretty heavy - probably about a third heavier than the equivalent size bit of redwood pine I got from B and Q.  Any ideas?  It smells a bit of aniseed when I was sawing it.  It also seems to royally fuck up handplane blades, but that's probably more due to user error!

snakemanStoo

Yep, that's wood. 

NickBotfield

snakemanStoo said:

Yep, that's wood. 

Wisdom!

TTony

@WezV

 

Antique_Guitars

Looks like Oak, which would explain the weight.

Not 100% though wait for Wez or someone to come along, I'm not great with wood idetification.

Zodiac51

Could be pitched pine - smells lovely when you are working it, and yes heavy.

chillidoggy

I'm going with pine.

 

I say that because it looks jam-packed with resin.

bertie

another +1 for pine,   the grain doesnt look like any oak Ive encountered

Sporky

Not oak - there are no medulla rays.

I think pine/spruce. Something of that ilk.

digitalscream

No idea.

@jaden ?

DiscoStu

Yeah could be pitch pine. 

They use it to make railway sleepers. I've worked with old sleepers in the past and they are a bugger to cut because of the resin content. They do smell amazing when cut though, but aniseed isn't the first thing that comes to mind. 

VimFuego

yup, coniferous wood of some sort.

WezV

I would also say pitch pine of some sort.  definitely some kind of pine

hywelg

Pitch pine defintely. Looks just like the newel posts on my staircase (ca1906)

Jaden

I agree, pitch pine