Reclaimed sapele

[Accipiter]

@Trevanion ... possibly Afromosia? That is very silky smooth... more so than Burmese teak. Offered as a possible.

 

[Accipiter]

Hope you recover quickly.

Thanks Bob... very much more with it this morning .

Here's a couple of photos showing the little white flecks you can get in Iroko. Also showing the more brown colour...

This piece I planned about two weeks ago... if not three. It 'feels' waxy if I run my fingers along it. Do your boards have that sort of 'waxy' feel? Sapele doesn't

Anyway... whatever it is you're very fortunate to have it

 

[SamQ aka Ah! Q!]

Bob, I have indisputably teak here; will drop over soon and show you it. Very characteristic smell, silicaceous inserts that blunt blades, and yes, wee white flecks in the grain - the odd time, not as a given.
Red sawdust? Yes, in artificial light, teak dust (and a freshly planed surrface) can appear red. Mostly, it is dirty brown.

Sam

 

[Jonathan]

I was taught those little white bits in Iroko (sometimes big bits) was silica, hit a big bit and your cutting edge is gone.

 

[Lons]

Bob, I have indisputably teak here; will drop over soon and show you it. Very characteristic smell, silicaceous inserts that blunt blades, and yes, wee white flecks in the grain - the odd time, not as a given.
Red sawdust? Yes, in artificial light, teak dust (and a freshly planed surrface) can appear red. Mostly, it is dirty brown.

Sam

Thanks Sam, always good to see you for a catch up.

I've planed a couple of bits and taken some 'photos which I'll upload tonight. It's left me no clearer as I'm convinced now it's likely a mix of woods.

 

[Lons]

Okydoke, I've taken some photos so maybe can get to the bottom of it? Some of the photos are a bit strange, it was chucking it down and my camera on the iphone doing strange things with the light. I've just noticed what looks suspiciously like a nick in my blade - bugger.

The shovel of sawdust came from the collector at the tablesaw, doesn't look red to me now.

I planed an edge and a little off an end of three different short sample boards, two are similar but number two is different in appearance, weight.

No three especially is quite heavy and the surface a bit waxy leaving a slightly sticky film on my hands, planed easily I didn't notice a strong small from any of them.
End grain looks pretty similar to me.

 

[Raymedullary]

As I said, Iroko. I cannot be more certain.... and believe me I've used a lot of it.
I'll put my house and even my tools on it.

That's not teak.

 

[Accipiter]

Iroko and board #3 teak... OR a very dark piece of Iroko

 

[Raymedullary]

Iroko and board #3 teak... OR a very dark piece of Iroko

Its all Iroko. I've worked with more teak than (probably) most. Its iroko.
Here is my house (and my Diston handsaws)

 

[Accipiter]

Its all Iroko. I've worked with more teak than (probably) most. Its iroko.
Here is my house (and my Diston handsaws)

I used to sell loads of the stuff - sawn and planed - when I worked at Charlton's Timber Merchant in Radstock until made redundant in 1992. I saw/handled a few colour variations from a gold to mid brown but don't recall any as dark as #3. Got a few splinters from it as well... There were a few times when I almost mistook a boad of Teak as Iroko - and vice versa . Having seen the colour variations of the English yew I've been sorting through it wouldn't surprise me that #3 is also Iroko ... Your house - and Diston handsaw remain yours

They also had a double glazing department/company (using Iroko, Sapele and Brazilian Mahogany for same) as well as the sawmill for home grown hardwoods and the sales for same plus imported hardwoods and exotics for turning and all sorts of craft supplies - 2 shows annually. Many different styles of gates made from Iroko as well as farm gates from Keruing - that was always bleeding resin especially during summer.

 

[Lons]

What about the waxy surface Ray? Can that happen wit iroko? i had to use soap to get it off my hands. I didn't notice that when I was initially cutting as I wore gloves.

 

[Jonathan]

That’s Looks a little bit like Iroko, it has a natural oil content, and feels waxy.
When gluing structural joints make sure you clean the joints with acetone or the joint will fail

 

[Cabinetman]

Yes all three Iroko, n1 is quite pale, n3 is quite dark, but it’s the end grain of all of them that convinces me.

 

[Planeiron]

What teaching establishments threw out is/was criminal. Must be 40 odd years ago now a mate of mine worked in a residential teacher training college in SE London. Solid oak wardrobes were quite literally being chucked from first floor windows, skipped and burnt. I salvaged enough to make two small tables which I still have but as a flat dweller at the time I had no room to take more.

Couldn't agree more. I rescued 2 of these old glass slide cabinets that were being loaded onto metal cages to be skipped! The other one holds a selection of tools and miscellany. This nicer one is in the house. It even has lovely plans of the piece on the underside of some of the drawers.

 

[Cabinetman]

Suspect they drew it out to work from and then just used it up, really good to see it though.

 

[shafiq]

It's a largish double garage but with a pitched roof a good 1m higher than normal and I have a single garage which I built on to the side of it a long time ago.

I think they call it, 'thats mahasive'.. lol. I am so glad I don't have that much space Lons or the wife would be keeping the previous kitchen sink (figure of speech... toilet might be more accurate as thats what we had removed) as a 'just in case'. You should share the sapele

 

[Lons]

I think they call it, 'thats mahasive'.. lol. I am so glad I don't have that much space Lons or the wife would be keeping the previous kitchen sink (figure of speech... toilet might be more accurate as thats what we had removed) as a 'just in case'. You should share the sapele

I do have a stainless sink in there though had to cut the draining board down to make it fit. My wife has threatened to put a bed in there a couple of times. What I find is the more space you have the more it gets filled up.