How to identify wood?

[Fab5Freddy]

I found some dirty old chunks of wood in the garage from years ago and decided to use a wheel on a grinder to take them down and to try to make make a bowl.

Reasonably happy with it (still a bit of fine sanding to be done), and now think I might knock a few up and let my mate sell them on Etsy where he has a shop.

But, I have no idea what the wood is and think I ought to list that for sale. At a push, I would guess pine, but I realised I have no idea how to identify types of wood.

Can anyone please tell me based on these pics? btw it's not that heavy and it makes a nice crisp high sound when rapped with knuckles.

 

[^woody^]

Whitewood

 

[Fab5Freddy]

Many thanks Woody. Just read up on it and it sounds like it, it was easy to work.

Don't think I'll find anymore of it knocking around though, which is a pity.

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Plenty of it at timber yards and builders merchants

 

[Fab5Freddy]

Plenty of it at timber yards and builders merchants

I just meant knocking around at the back of the garage.

I'll check local merchants for some when I run out of this bit