Another angle below. Very dinged up and the end and legs were missing, but seemed like to much hardwood to pass to.

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Appears to be made out of some kind of tree

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This was funny as shit. All the people that downvoted you can get fucked

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Well, you’re not wrong.

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Judging by the knots my best guess would be pine. Hard to tell without seeing it in person

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Upvoted. Another indication that it’s pine would be its softness. Can your fingernail put a dent in it? Are there dents on the top from everyday use?

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But note that treatment and age can cause the pine to become harder. So even if it doesn’t dent easily with a fingernail, I would still think it’s pine.

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Yeah, I can pretty easily scratch it with my fingernail, which seems the same as a 2x4 scrap and much softer than some oak and maple scraps I have around.

Also looking more closely at the bigger scratches and screw holes I see lighter wood visible, I was a bit fooled by the stain on the bottom.

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Another vote for pine.

If it is so heavy that when you try to move it, it makes you say “shit i didn’t expect it to be this heavy”, then it might not be pine.

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It was super heavy. But I have a hard time judging whether it’s heavier than a similar bulk of 2x4s.

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Appears to be a cellulose fiber based lignin matrix

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McDonalds milkshake then. Gotcha.

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I’m almost certain this is pine, the grain lines are very spaced apart, suggesting it was grown very rapidly too, so probably not a very old table.

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