r/wood

It’s a bit darker in the photo but can I safely carve it? Also what wood type is this?

Got this wood off a shipping crate so no idea of original origin, but really heavy and hard.

I'm thinking that I should sand the replaced board down and give it some sort of pre-coat that wouldn't allow the grain to get so dark. Any advise would be appreciated besides ripping it out.

When we demoed the interior of our house we found this rough cut 2x12 slab wall. Our best guess is these boards were still trees during the civil war given the amount of reused material employed building this house. The goal is to keep it as natural as possible with an oil. I vacuumed it, wire brushed it and will use Murphy's oil soap next.

The real advice is which is the right oil to seal it? Linseed, teak, tung, mineral...?

No sanding will be done as the character must be retained and a poly approach is a hard no.

I was told it was potentially from Germany and over 100 years old. Thank you!

Going through some photos from my project… will be revisiting the framing and blocking of my project …should I also be discussing these joists for a brand new deck?

Found in a scrap pile in coastal bc.

Hey guys I was given this very pretty wood by a family member. Finally decided to make a center console for my work truck with it. Does anyone know what type of wood it is? Thanks!

Trying to figure out what color I should stain some table legs to at least somewhat match the color, but I don't know what this wood is. The top and side is stained, but the diagonal piece looks like it isn't. The piece of wood I'm trying to match is in the last picture. It's this stuff - https://www.lowes.com/pd/Artesian-Maple-Table-Leg-Actual-2-75-in-x-29-in/3502288

Any ideas?

I accidentally spilled acetone nail polish remover yesterday onto this chest. I bought restore a finish and rubbed the product on the spots using a paper towel but I don’t see any improvement.

any tips on what else I can do to remove these stains?

Found an interesting board in a pallet I was taking apart. Is this oak?

I’m not building skyscrapers so I don’t need the biggest and baddest machines but I do like having some organization.
The grounds are all made up to the blue wire.
Just waiting on my caster wheels to come in.
What yall think?

I’m not sure of the wood - I bought a large slab years ago in rough shape. Any help identifying would be appreciated. It’s definitely in the evergreen realm. Last three photos are a vase of the same wood and the rough wood.

i found this plank washed up on the beach of lake michigan. i thought it was just stained this dark color but its even darker inside. no idea what it is