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[Berg Man]

Please help, I need to Identify this wood, I'm Assuming Kiaat. 

we have a fussy client who rejected this piece and we need to replace it, 

 

wood 1.jpeg

wood 2.jpeg

Could be Walnut too. Is it planked or from a slab? 

Do you have a picture of the whole plank?

[Tuxstir]

Could be Walnut too. Is it planked or from a slab? 

Do you have a picture of the whole plank?

 

Hi its been laminated, client material that was sent out for lamination , and was rejected afterwards due to poor joinery

its difficult to take a the full length photo due to size 4m x 450mm 

but here is a the other end

 

and same wood different plank

[Hairy]

Hi its been laminated, client material that was sent out for lamination , and was rejected afterwards due to poor joinery

its difficult to take a the full length photo due to size 4m x 450mm 

but here is a the other end

wood 3.jpeg

 

and same wood different plank

wood 4.jpeg

How does it smell .. been a while I since I used Kiaat on a site, but I distinctly recall it having a peppery smell.

 

Does the client not know what the material is they purchased?

Edited March 17, 2021 by Hairy

[Plentipotential]

Please help, I need to Identify this wood, I'm Assuming Kiaat. 

we have a fussy client who rejected this piece and we need to replace it, 

 

wood 1.jpeg

wood 2.jpeg

 

At a glance it looks like Kiaat, best to sand a piece and smell it.

 

The photo's of the whole piece look like brown/white Kiaat, cheaper and might be why the client is unhappy?

 

If it is Walnut I would send it back buy I don't think so.

Edited March 17, 2021 by Plentipotential

[Berg Man]

Hi its been laminated, client material that was sent out for lamination , and was rejected afterwards due to poor joinery

its difficult to take a the full length photo due to size 4m x 450mm 

but here is a the other end

wood 3.jpeg

 

and same wood different plank

wood 4.jpeg

OK, now I see. I'd say Kiaat too.

 

It can have colours ranging from white and brown to red/orange colours. Very distinct smell. Can irritate some peoples noses when working with it

[Ed-Zulu]

Hi its been laminated, client material that was sent out for lamination , and was rejected afterwards due to poor joinery

its difficult to take a the full length photo due to size 4m x 450mm 

but here is a the other end

wood 3.jpeg

 

and same wood different plank

wood 4.jpeg

I agree with Plenti, kiaat, and the client rejected it correctly, that piece is poor quality and the match is terrible

[Berg Man]

At a glance it looks like Kiaat, best to sand a piece and smell it.

 

The photo's of the whole piece look like brown/white Kiaat, cheaper and might be why the client is unhappy?

 

If it is Walnut I would send it back buy I don't think so.

Agree not walnut from that bigger picture

[carrera4s]

I recently had to make a "braaiplank" for our estate's management as a farewell gift for one of their members.  First time I made a cutting board - was a bit more work than what I thought!

 

The laser engraving was done by a local sign-making company in Centurion.

 

Poplar, 800 x 300 x 28 mm treated with a beeswax / mineral oil Board Butter.

 

 

[LOOK695]

Please help, I need to Identify this wood, I'm Assuming Kiaat.

we have a fussy client who rejected this piece and we need to replace it,

 

wood 1.jpeg

wood 2.jpeg

looks like Blackwood

[Tuxstir]

At a glance it looks like Kiaat, best to sand a piece and smell it.

 

The photo's of the whole piece look like brown/white Kiaat, cheaper and might be why the client is unhappy?

 

If it is Walnut I would send it back buy I don't think so.

 

 

thank everybody for the replies.

finally did get confirmation it is Kiaat.

 

as to why the client is unhappy..its poor workmanship from the woodworker we paid to have the job done with.

[stefmeister]

thank everybody for the replies.

finally did get confirmation it is Kiaat.

 

as to why the client is unhappy..its poor workmanship from the woodworker we paid to have the job done with.

bad joint.jpeg

 

What a savage. Hope that wasn't for a table/counter top. If you have to butt joint like that at least make use of a finger or scarf joint.

[Hairy]

thank everybody for the replies.

finally did get confirmation it is Kiaat.

 

as to why the client is unhappy..its poor workmanship from the woodworker we paid to have the job done with.

bad joint.jpeg

Side note

 

We did a house in Durbanville about 16 years ago where we did so much work in Kiaat. 

 

Solid flooring, solid kitchen joinery, all the internal and external doors, windows, column cladding, external roof area by the braai and various pergola's.

 

The home owner really takes good care of the house, and did a "drive by" there a year or so ago .... the timber still looks exceptional.

 

I really do like Kiaat!

[Tuxstir]

What a savage. Hope that wasn't for a table/counter top. If you have to butt joint like that at least make use of a finger or scarf joint.

 

 

the sad part is that is for a service counter in a wine bar caravan..... 

[Plentipotential]

thank everybody for the replies.

finally did get confirmation it is Kiaat.

 

as to why the client is unhappy..its poor workmanship from the woodworker we paid to have the job done with.

bad joint.jpeg

 

That is primary school woodworking workmanship right there. Ouch! 

[geomark]

OK, now I see. I'd say Kiaat too.

 

It can have colours ranging from white and brown to red/orange colours. Very distinct smell. Can irritate some peoples noses when working with it

Here's a range of colours from stuff I'm working with at the moment.  I find the smell really evocative as it reminds me of growing up and working with my grandfather who was a joiner but it's not for everyone.  I was having some re-sawn in France a few years back and after some persuading of the local joiners to use their bandsaw to do it, they work oak and chestnut mostly, things got going. They were a dour pair and deeply suspicious of new timber and what it would do to their kit, started off very gently, much sniffing, look at me and say "It smells like ass" and then carried on, not much conversation after that.

 

[Kranswurm]

So I collected the Makita, gave it a clean-up, put in a new 32T blade, squared everything up as best as I could and gave it a whirl!

 

First mini-project was making a kubb set from some treated pine fence posts (100mm x 100mm x1800mm).

 

 

 

Kubb for those who haven't played or seen it before.

 

 

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All set up. The seller included the little stand/table.

 

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Original fence post Left. Trimmed down version on right. Cleaned up all the sides to give a 70x70mm profile for the kubbs. The king will be 90x90x300mm

 

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The kubbs cut down (on the mitre saw) to their rough size, 70x70x150mm

 

So yeah, first impressions from a quick test after work... so far so good!

 

PS. all that sawdust on the lawn is from using an electric hand plane to slim down a fence posts, prior to the acquisition of the table saw. Table saw is so much easier!

Never heard of that game in my life before