1y ago

What kind of wood is this? Solid wood table was getting thrown out, scavenged for scrap wood.

Another angle below. Very dinged up and the end and legs were missing, but seemed like to much hardwood to pass to.

19 comments

Appears to be made out of some kind of tree
Judging by the knots my best guess would be pine. Hard to tell without seeing it in person
- Upvoted. Another indication that it’s pine would be its softness. Can your fingernail put a dent in it? Are there dents on the top from everyday use?
  
  But note that treatment and age can cause the pine to become harder. So even if it doesn't dent easily with a fingernail, I would still think it's pine.
Another vote for pine.
If it is so heavy that when you try to move it, it makes you say "shit i didn't expect it to be this heavy", then it might not be pine.
- It was super heavy. But I have a hard time judging whether it's heavier than a similar bulk of 2x4s.
Appears to be a cellulose fiber based lignin matrix
- McDonalds milkshake then. Gotcha.
I'm almost certain this is pine, the grain lines are very spaced apart, suggesting it was grown very rapidly too, so probably not a very old table.
Another vote for pine. That said, I think that pine gets a bit of a bad rap. Other than its softness, it's a fine wood to use. I have pallet and firewood laminated desk that has it's fair share of pine in it and the pine strips are not any worse for wear than anything else.
The knots and colouring suggest pine, I'd say.
I think I'm leaning toward pine as well. You could cut into it and smell, I imagine most people now the scent of pine since it's a popular air freshener/household cleaner scent for some reason (I'm from a pine forest, pine doesn't smell 'clean' to me.)
- Walnut isn't so pale and doesn't have knots like that.
  
  I was hoping for hardwood! Seems like it's probably not, though.

19 comments