What hardwood could this be?

[elese]

A wood question but I figure someone may have an idea.

About 55 boards taken from a narrowboat floor.

 

[Ali]

Looks a bit like Iroko. Wood is best identified by the end grain, take a photo of a clean slice

 

[gaz1]

looks like my flooring

 

[elese]

Like this?

 

[nickk]

Kerouing?

 

[Old Dog]

Possible Keruing, splinters are sharp and hard to get out of your hand, used on HGV trailers, hard wearing.

 

[Misterg]

Another vote for Iroko.

Does the sawdust smell peppery when you cut it?

Just be careful if it is: I acquired some laboratory worktops a few years ago that I think are Iroko (I thought they were teak, but they weren't). After working with them for a while, I'm now allergic to the dust - the slightest hint of it and my nose swells up and starts streaming like a tap.

Made this with them:

 

[bourbon]

Tree? (someone had to say it!)

 

[pawsnizzy]

Tree? (someone had to say it!)

Four?

 

[daleyd]

Four?

Dirty tree?

 

[dave h 2]

Easier to go 33

 

[Bullet2012]

looks like the sort of timber that should be carefully dry stored .
until November 5th, when it will then prove usefull.

 

[Tangledfeet]

This photo does make it seem like iroko:

We've got stacks of it at school from old science bench tops. Has a bit of a nauseous smell about it, as @Misterg says.

 

[Bullet2012]

We've got stacks of it at school from old science bench tops.

OPs wood can’t be from schools, no gum on the underside !

 

[Cobbler]

OPs wood can’t be from schools, no gum on the underside !

I was thinking that, when we moved into our bungalow, the previous occupant left behind what was a school refectory table. I cut it down as a temporary kitchen table & had to chisel the chewing gum from the underside. The were several other unidentifiable stains on it as well, needless to say we got rid as soon as possible

 

[elese]

looks like the sort of timber that should be carefully dry stored .
until November 5th, when it will then prove usefull.

Scrap wood quality then?

 

[elese]

Another vote for Iroko.

Does the sawdust smell peppery when you cut it?

Just be careful if it is: I acquired some laboratory worktops a few years ago that I think are Iroko (I thought they were teak, but they weren't). After working with them for a while, I'm now allergic to the dust - the slightest hint of it and my nose swells up and starts streaming like a tap.

Made this with them:

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Can't say I noticed a peppery smell. Nice looking table.

 

[Misterg]

Can't say I noticed a peppery smell. Nice looking table.

It's just the sawdust when you machine it.

Thanks!

 

[Newlands]

If it was a narrowboat put together by a self-respecting boat builder then it will be teak. Iroko is a poor man’s substitute, and wouldn’t have been used in the old days. Keruing is vile stuff, and way too splintery for boat floorboards - the splinters go septic on most people. If you can clean those boards up with a sharp plane it will be possible to ID, but with all that muck and old varnish on it could be any of many different tropical hardwoods.

 

[Keith 66]

Might be teak, might be iroko, need to see photo of a planed bit & end grain to be sure.

Re Gum, "The worst job i ever had", About 30 years ago a local pub The Wagon & Horses at Hadleigh burned down, It was a modern built pub with all the bars & walls lined with light oak & ash boards, the bar fronts & much else had gaps behind, A mate got the contract to strip the place before it was demolished & there was about 3 tons of long boards, most of it just soot damaged.
I bought the lot off him for a song & spent three weeks denailing it all & running it through the thicknesser.
A full week of that time was shovelling chewing gum off the back side where the scrotes had sat at the bar & dobbed their old chewing gum on the back.
I tried putting it through the planer with it on but it garmed it up. So had to scrape it all off by hand.
I have hated chewing gum with a passion ever since!