Hoping some of the gurus on here can help identify what species of wood I am dealing with... Fireplace mantel and beam project that I need to try and match some wood for to add additional beams.
These are pieces from the ones currently in place. Reclaimed from an old barn in central Missouri...
The one that has the warm reddish tint has boiled linseed oil applied to it. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Its chestnut i think,,,the old growth chestnut been extinct in missouri for decades,,but used to be one of the most common lumber types in the ozarks till the plague got it
It is definitely not oak... not heavy or dense enough. Here is an image of a freshly cut piece. The beam it came from was said be over 100 years old.
I didn't think about chestnut. It does have a blonde color when cut, and a honey tone when boiled linseed oil is applied to the freshly exposed wood. The red and dark tints on the piece above are what happens when I take a draw knife to the aged surface.
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I'm by no means of wood expert but I pushed many many acres of brush with the Dozer and I burn firewood 365 days a year in a wood boiler in Southwest Missouri Premier II post picture it could be Sycamore but I wouldn't argue stronger than any case
Almost looks like cedar to me. I have seen cedar 6x6 posts that look a lot like that when ripped. May be completely wrong too.
Good guess. If it is cedar it was a big one. Look at the rings in the section that was cut. But definitely hard to say without an up close look and touch. Cedar Elm? Don't know where this is.
The original beam came from a barn in central Missouri that was over 100 years old. It was 14 foot long and 6" x 8". I have attached a picture of what it originally looked like, and what it looks like now... which is why I am trying to match it. The mantle is half of the original 6" x 8" beam. The sides are other half, split to make two 4" x 6". And now that it's a year and a half later, the wife wants me to 'finish out' the framing and take the top all the way to the ceiling...
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Its chestnut i think,,,the old growth chestnut been extinct in missouri for decades,,but used to be one of the most common lumber types in the ozarks till the plague got it
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Cannot be 100% but odds are very high it is chestnut. Close-ups of the end grain and a quarter-sawn surface would be very helpful and would raise the odds a bit. But chestnut is way ahead.
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The red really makes it look like cedar. Dont know if thats lighting or what, but if i were you and I'm no expert by any means id go with pine and do a faux stain and distress job to match. Just my opinion. Plumbers torch is a handy tool too for these kinda jobs.
Looks like chestnut to me. Would be a lot easier to be sure if I could feel how heavy and hard it is and what it smells like but just from the pics I'd say chestnut.
