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Subscribe Now!I recently recycled some furniture that I was told came from Brazil. It’s pretty lightweight and soft but I can’t seem to find a match online. I think it has a little bit of a cedar smell when cut but it’s hard to tell. Here are some pics anyone have any ideas?
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The first picture looks like zebrawood. The others less so.
I have some zebra wood in my shop and I don’t think it’s that, this stuff Is really light and soft but some pieces are more heavy. Maybe there’s more than one type of wood in there but the only thing I found that is close is called brazilwood. That wood is described as being quite dense so I’m not sure about that
It smells like a cedar, light and soft? Some kind of cedar most likely. The 4 pictures ,are they all the same wood? The picture on the left could be a cedar,
The picture on the right could be a cedar. Left center looks very much like a walnut with a lot of sap wood and right center looks like a madura.
Brazilwood is Pernabuco ...think violin bow. It is very dense and hard and is now a CITES listed wood. It's not that -----