I have a beam, over 2.5 metres x 20cm x 5cm, very heavy, rough sawn and something I was told was teak. From dialogue with a (relatively local boat builder I believe this not to be the case, but can’t seem to find anything that fits. I don’t really have much use for it now, it was going to be used in a property renovation but a different “route” has been decided. I’d like to sell it if its worth anything, but want to make sure its accurately described.
The photos show a flat surface that was lightly wetted to highlight the grain, and a single end-gran photo after the end was sanded progressively to the point where a 400 grit was used.

Any help would be much appreciated!

That musical instrument could well be Iroko,the photo of the plank looks the wrong shade, I’ve machined through 300 tons of Iroko but a piece caught me out just 2 days ago…

I’m an amateur woodturner and someone gave me a “scrap” piece of wood.

I forgot to take a picture of the rough turning square but it was unremarkable and didn’t thing much of it.

They told me:

• unidentified exotic wood
• wear a mask when you’ll turn it, I found it to be a respiratory irritant

I have an good olfactory sense and I don’t remember the wood having a smell.

The turning square was about 2″ wide, the toy top is a bit more larger than 1.5″.

Could it be iroko?

Thanks!

Andrew, this will heavily depend on log diameter and length but as a guide I would expect around 12-15m3 overall volume in log form personally.

Late to the party here – but if you are concerned at it darkening so much my advice, don’t have it produced in Iroko.

Iroko will only darken and darken in time; it will take a long time for this to silver away and only then if outside – certainly don’t oil it.

I would recommend good old reliable EOak for this if i was producing it.
POssibly with the lettering ‘filled’ with a high quality Ebony filler to make the text pop.

I hope you are pleased with whatever has been reproduced though of course !

Hello Eric
Need some advice on iroko how may cbm fit in 20ft container of round logs what’s best legth to cut

It would be very iffy to apply water based finish over an oil finish. Depends on the oil, and depends on the formulation of the water based finish, but in general, it’s a no-go.

Thank you Eric. One final question. Will water based varnish adhere ok to oiled wood?