Need an ID on this slab wood.

[Fred Wright]

Folks,

Picked up several pieces like this at the sawmill yesterday. The grain looks like oak, feels heavier than maple but the dark wavy pattern, I've never seen in oak before. Any ideas?

 

[BenTN]

Looks like oak to me. All of the white oak family on my property have the dark heartwood esp the chestnut oaks. Looking at the bark it may be chestnut or post.

 

[Applesister]

No, no Oak
I dont see any radial rays at all, but it's ring porous like Oak. Looks super green/wet.
Not any maple because its ring porous, not an Elm pattern either.

 

[Applesister]

The fibers are so full of water that they look translucent.

 

[tigeroak]

Looks like oak to me. If it was turned 1/4 and cut you would see the rays.

 

[Stinkpickle]

I have some white oak like that.

 

[TheAardvark]

Its oak. Not exactly sure what type of oak, but it is oak.

 

[Rebelduckman]

White oak

 

[AmbDrvr253]

Oak of some sort. Does it smell like oak on a fresh cut? Oak has a very distinct smell.

 

[claydogg84]

Can you split that piece in half? I'd like to see that picture before I make a guess.

Oak has a very strong scent when green, and this appears to be pretty fresh.

 

[drz1050]

Jealous that you can get oak slabwood. All of the mills around here only process softwoods.. although they give the slabwood away for free, so can't really complain.

 

[StihlKicking]

White oak

 

[ClintonH]

Burr oak? Might be an Ohio thing but it sure looks like it to me. Once dry, throw it in and WATCH OUT because she'll burn hot.

 

[Fred Wright]

Thanks everyone.

The logs were cut green the day before (and it rained all night) so it's certainly wet. I was thinking some sort of oak, have worked up a lot of red oak but not white. The grain sure looks like oak.

Doesn't have an oak aroma though. The mill owner came through while I was loading, said Fridays are when they do orders. Orders typically involve a lot of oak. This stuff was beneath the discharge conveyor, it's freshly cut.

He wasn't kidding... have never seen so much oak out there before.

 

[Firefighter938]

That is alot of BTUs

 

[Jags]

Dat's oak of some flavor or another, or I'll eat my welding gloves.

 

[EJP1234]

Fred - i havent went up there yet, but that pic sealed the deal hhahaha... I will be in next few weeks for sure, looks like best 20 minute drive I could make!

 

[EJP1234]

PS - looks like white oak to me, lots of it around here.