another what wood is this

[woodhacker]

found a piece of this and cut a few blanks, would like to know what it is. When I drilled the blank there was a purple dust came out

 

[Twister]

purpleheart or pink ivory

Steve

 

[turnaround360]

The blank looks like meranti and the pen looks like
London plain .

 

[paulm]

If you put it in the oven and it goes more purple then its purple heart.

 

[bluntchisel]

Bubinga?

Bob.

 

[woodhacker]

Will try a piece in the oven Paul. Frank I have some meranti and its not like this. The blank has a purple hue to it and when drilled has purple dust, when I sanded part of it on the disc sander it went dark purple.

 

[Jim]

Not sure it is P/Heart going off the grain? But who am I to say this when i haven't a clue as to what it is ..

 

[turnaround360]

Blood wood maybe.

 

[ni9eofse7en]

Damned if I know, still learning. I know a few more than I used to. I would have called this a generic mahogany many years gone by. Now I bow to those who know better. If it is Meranti I wonder if it has been stained??

 

[rayf6604]

Purple heart can go brownish, and its the only wood I've come across that gives bright purple shavings or dust. Did it have a strange bitter like smell when you worked it? That could indicate it's p/heart. Nasty stuff, don't breathe in the dust.

 

[Penpal]

Looks as monkey puzzle tree it has a shine to it in the flat the timber is it light in weight?

Peter.

 

[woodhacker]

What I do know is never leave it in the oven and forgot about it, it turns blackish. Peter its a normal weight, not monkey puzzle as M8 is turning some of that at the moment, def not that.

 

[Lons]

What I do know is never leave it in the oven and forgot about it, it turns blackish.

Paul said nowt about turning the oven on Peter

 

[wm460]

Damm it looks like a pen blank to me.

 

[woodhacker]

left some out in the rain and it went even more purple