On Wed, 14 Feb 2018 12:28:42 -0800 (PST), Jay Pique
wrote:

On Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at 12:24:46 AM UTC-5, Leon wrote:
Doug Miller wrote:
Anybody have any idea what this is?

http://milmac.com/20180213_134524.jpg

Photo doesn't show quite the full width of the board; it's 9+ inches wide, and the photo
probably shows between 7 and 8.

The wood has no perceptible odor, dry or damp (which also rules out oaks).

It's hard enough that I can't dent it with a fingernail, and surprisingly
lightweight -- suggestive
of ash, I suppose, but the grain isn't quite right, and the color is
definitely not right, for that.
Not heavy enough for oak, and the grain isn't right, either.

I'm located in Indianapolis, and the wood is presumably of more-or-less
local origin -- it's
been sitting in the corner of a high school wood shop for many years. Likely to be from
somewhere in the Midwest, probably central Indiana.

Kentucky coffee-tree, maybe?


Ash

+1 on Leon's "ash".

+2. I have a few hundred bf of it in the basement.