is it teak or not?

[stevenn21]

i got a peice of wood from a friend he had it because the guy who lived in the house before he bought it left it under the shed.
the peice of wood has teak with the length written on the end of it but i have my doubts.
it was very easy to cut and sand and work with in general it didnt seem hard at all the short teeth saw went straight through it and so did the jigsaw and it sanded really easy too.
the sawdust was like light brown muscovado sugar it was fine and held together so i am assuming it had resin in it.
i will upload some pics with links of after sanding but before oiling(i used teak oil) and after oiling.


before sanding:
http://i.imgur.com/J0Is9rk.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ndEOfaF.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/7VvGZ35.jpg

after sanding:
http://i.imgur.com/vIyC5eh.jpg
these ones are after sanding and rubbing with a damp cloth to remove sawdust its still drying:
http://i.imgur.com/DqFO89J.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/9XDuTQN.jpg

these are after one coat of teak oil just applied:
http://i.imgur.com/QbIauAo.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/YBIgZIf.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/9NMoLIp.jpg

what do you think is it teak? if so why is it so soft?
if its not teak what is it?

any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance steven

 

[big-all]

iroko perhaps??

 

[gregers]

might be?take your pic,
http://www.shutterstock.com/s/teak/search.html
or as biggy has said it might be this?,
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=i...TL4rX7AbSnoCwBg&ved=0CFAQsAQ&biw=1600&bih=728

 

[Dave54]

Doubt if it was teak if it was easy to cut. Did it smell unpleasant when you were machining it?
Looks and sounds a bit like keruing to me. But could be any one of a number of tropical hardwoods. Difficult to tell from an image.

 

[stevenn21]

Doubt if it was teak if it was easy to cut. Did it smell unpleasant when you were machining it?
Looks and sounds a bit like keruing to me. But could be any one of a number of tropical hardwoods. Difficult to tell from an image.

no smell at all

 

[foxhole]

Could teak or Lauan which is a cheaper look a like, is it important to know which hard wood it is?

 

[stevenn21]

Could teak or Lauan which is a cheaper look a like, is it important to know which hard wood it is?

no

 

[JohnD]

apparently mine isn't

 

[Flyboytim]

Teak is an oily heavy heart wood and usually has a brown to yellow ochre colour, with occasional darker brown bands, and tends to shed water, due to oils, not a reddish open texture wood (damp remains in pores) as your images appear to show.

Your wood is probably Meranti, also known as Lauan (as Foxhole said) or Philippine Mahogany and Shorea - the generic name of the tree.

http://www.wood-database.com/lumber-identification/hardwoods/dark-red-meranti/

 

[stevenn21]

should i carry on adding the teak oil? ive give it 1 coat

 

[Flyboytim]

Teak oil is good, no problem.

 

[stevenn21]

should i carry on adding the teak oil? ive give it 1 coat

 

[gregers]

its tree wood.

 

[stevenn21]

its tree wood.

i contacted Panorama and they said its probably from the spaghetti tree