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[Baldy]

Hi guys n gals I have an unknown blank I have just drilled but do not know what it is.. when I drilled it smelled like cinnamon any ideas..

 

[paulm]

cinnamon? Just a thought.... ok,ok I'll get my coat.

 

[Bill Mooney]

If it looks like mahogany & is heavy it could be Keruing, it has a peppery smell.

 

[Buckeye]

It might help ID if you show a photo.

Peter

 

[Vic Perrin]

Photo please

Vic

 

[Terry Q]

What colour is the blank? Blood wood has a cinnamon smell.

 

[Woody]

Dont know lost me sense of smell years ago when Terry farted in me workshop

 

[wm460]

Your wife emptied old spices on your wood pile?

 

[Penpal]

 

[Jim]

Maybe Camphire, but there is Cinnamon wood to consider ..

 

[Baldy]

this is the stuff

 

[Twister]

looks like rosewood
but what do i know

 

[Lons]

looks like rosewood but what do i know

+1
I was given a furniture panel which looks exactly like that, it smells a bit as well.
Cheap rosewood furniture freely available these days. Neil farrar identified it but I can't remember what he said

 

[Twister]

+1
I was given a furniture panel which looks exactly like that, it smells a bit as well.
Cheap rosewood furniture freely available these days. Neil farrar identified it but I can't remember what he said

jarrah or seesham

 

[Lons]

I've found the post and it was Lignaterrae who suggested as below and this was seconded by Neil.

Never easy from photos but it does look like Sheeshan Rosewood (aka Sissoo Rosewood), Dalbergia sissoo, from India. Seen a lot these days in (fairly) cheap but poorish quality of furniture imported from India. The wide pale sapwood is very characteristic.

 

[Penpal]

Nothing pale in the samples shown how does it cut is it easy to polish is it heavy or light how long is a piece of string? There are so many unknowns hovering. Perhaps the newly drilled is for? Did it cut cleanly was there a build up in the flutes? Lots of questions?
Trust it does the job mate look forward to the finished product.

Peter.

 

[Penpal]

Three timbers to add to the list of Cinnamon smellers Imbuia, Sassafras, Honduras Roewood all known timbers that cut with this smell. Good luck mate.

Peter.

 

[Vic Perrin]

Could be Midlands Shit Wood. It don't smell but your finished turning looks Shite. I've turned tons of it.

Vic

 

[Jim]

Burmese Rosewood ??

 

[wm460]

Could be Midlands Shit Wood. It don't smell but your finished turning looks Shite. I've turned tons of it.

Vic

What does it smell like?