Pea Turgh Posted June 10 Posted June 10 Free wood - looks like mahogany to me, but owner says it’s teak. What does the hive mind say?! 1 Quote
Reggaebass Posted June 10 Posted June 10 Hard to say exactly but I’ve worked with a lot of teak and it does look like it to me, it’s got quite a distinctive smell when it’s machined or cut, it’s a nice wood 1 1 Quote
alittlebitrobot Posted June 10 Posted June 10 2 hours ago, Reggaebass said: Hard to say exactly but I’ve worked with a lot of teak and it does look like it to me, it’s got quite a distinctive smell when it’s machined or cut, it’s a nice wood That's good to know. I've a bunch of wood from an old front door. I'm pretty sure it's mahogany but I was wondering if it might be teak. No particularly noticeable smell when cut. 2 Quote
JPJ Posted June 10 Posted June 10 I am involved with a lot of teak in the marine world, and looking at that grain, I’d say it’s more likely from the mahogany family. Pictures of the end grain would be helpful - in my experience old slow grown teak tends to have a very tight and regular grain pattern with no great variation in the thickness of the individual growth rings. 1 Quote
Dom in Dorset Posted June 14 Posted June 14 Another vote for mahogany going on looks. If you had some to compare teak is harder and heavier than most types of mahogany . Quote
SpondonBassed Posted June 14 Posted June 14 5 hours ago, zbd1960 said: I was going to say teak is heavy. 6 hours ago, Dom in Dorset said: teak is harder 1 Quote
Pea Turgh Posted June 14 Author Posted June 14 Cheers for all the thoughts, dudes. I was contemplating using some furniture to chop up to make a bass body. Decided against it in the end, as it was a nice bit of furniture. Maybe I’ll hang out by some skips instead. 1 Quote
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