On Wed, 3 Jul 2013 06:23:16 -0700, Michael Karas wrote:

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On Tue, 02 Jul 2013 17:08:09 -0700, pastedavid wrote:

Hello all,

Recently I bought some mysteriously titled "Red Hardwood" to renovate a
garden bench. Does anyone have any idea what it might be?!


Small block, oiled:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-J...4/UdNp5HloWlI/
AAAAAAAAARM/0mkcWZnym94/w959-h719-no/RedHardwoodOiled.jpg


Unfinished:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-y...I/AAAAAAAAARQ/
jAmDhVXE058/w959-h719-no/RedHardwoodPlain.jpg


Thanks,

David Paste.

Apitong?

basilisk

I would also vote for apitong. I immediately thought of that after
looking at the sample picture.

I used apitong to build a sling cluch and chair plus corner table some
30 years ago. The wood is extremely hard and I mean hard. When finished
it is beautiful.

The common usage for apitong at that time was for the planking in semi
truck trailer beds. It was considered far more rugged than oak for that
purpose. I have never checked to see if apitong is still relatively
available or not. I also do not know if its use in truck beds persists
to this day or not.

It is still used for truck beds, but in recent years it is usually a glued
up piece instead of solid full lenght stock.

Another use for Apitong was lumber stickers.

basilisk