What kind of wood is this?

[Mark Gibney]

I bought this table top at a garage sale - it was made sometime in the past 50 years by a weekend woodworker who passed away. It's very heavy for it's size which makes me think it's not mahogany, but I haven't worked with mahogany much so I might be wrong.

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What do any of you think it might be? - it's finished with a thick coat of varnish, btw.

[Erik Loza]

Mahogany is my first reaction.

Erik

[Prashun Patel]

My first thought too was some kind of mahogany. Sapele? Khaya?

[Mark Gibney]

Erik, Prashun - mahogany was my first thought, but would mahogany be very heavy? This table feels heavier than it would if it was, say, beech. The little mahogany I've handled has been light weight, but maybe there are different types?

[Erik Loza]

It would, but is it solid or veneered? Be unusual to find a solid mahogany table top.

Erik

[Mark Gibney]

Believe it or not it's solid. I'm guessing it was made back when mahogany was there for the picking.

[Chris Padilla]

Yes, there are different types of mahogany and that is what it looks like to me as well. Those boards have pretty heavy striping but mahogany can certainly be that way.

[Mark Gibney]

Mahogany it is then.

[Erik Christensen]

nice garage sale score