Dumpster diving wood find, help me ID it!

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  • Jim Boyd
    Veteran Member
    • Dec 2002
    • 1766
    • Montgomery, Texas, USA.
    • Delta Unisaw
    #1

    Dumpster diving wood find, help me ID it!

    Last week while in Saugatuck, Michigan, I found this wood in a dumpster next to the house were staying in. It is very heavy and tight grained. Some of the pieces I had to leave were weathered gray on one side. The first photo is plain and the second has been wiped with a damp cloth. Would this be teak?




    P.S. Definately not walnut
    Last edited by Jim Boyd; 07-01-2007, 10:08 AM.
    Jim in Texas and Sicko Ryobi Cult Member ©
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    • JR
      The Full Monte
      • Feb 2004
      • 5633
      • Eugene, OR
      • BT3000
      #2
      It looks like a tropical hardwood to me. Could be teak.

      JR
      JR

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        • downtheroad
          Forum Newbie
          • Mar 2007
          • 79
          • So. California
          • Ryobi BT3000
          #3
          It looks like Ipe which is used for decking
          see here http://www.woodfinder.com/woods/ipe.php
          Tony

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            • atgcpaul
              Veteran Member
              • Aug 2003
              • 4055
              • Maryland
              • Grizzly 1023SLX
              #4
              Looks like Ipe to me

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                • jwaterdawg
                  Senior Member
                  • Aug 2005
                  • 656
                  • Washington, NC USA
                  • JET
                  #5
                  Scratch the surface a little. If it smells like crap, it's IPE.
                  Don't be stupid, the universe is watching.

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                    • Jim Boyd
                      Veteran Member
                      • Dec 2002
                      • 1766
                      • Montgomery, Texas, USA.
                      • Delta Unisaw
                      #6
                      Originally posted by jwaterdawg
                      Scratch the surface a little. If it smells like crap, it's IPE.
                      Thanks guys, it is Ipe.
                      Jim in Texas and Sicko Ryobi Cult Member ©

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                        • 68KANE
                          Established Member
                          • Jan 2005
                          • 105
                          • Atlanta, Georgia.
                          #7
                          Through a rigorous investigation using the power of deduction and reasoning I've come to the following conclusion for that object you found in a dumpster; it is trash.

                          Just kidding; I'd say teak.
                          What's her's is her's and what's mine is her's!

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