Wood for a rack

I used 2" thick soft maple, some of its tiger,  built mine in the fashion of a Timber nation rack. Just yesterday I brought 5 red oak logs (3 of them 32" diameter)to a Sawyer. I'm having it quarter sawn 2" thick and will have a new rack in a year or so, can't wait for this to happen. 

I used maple with a live edge. I bought a length 8' and two feet wide, cut them down to four foot. sanded them down, stained and poly'd. Used 2" galvanized threaded pipe and flanges to make my legs then the legs between the two shelves. Used heavy rubber washers between each flange and the wood surface. Came out nice.

Careful about that door really being solid mahogany. I had some 1930’s doors that I thought were solid Cuban mahogany due to their weight and age, however, once I cut into it, they turned out to be pine covered by a very thick mahogany veneer. Here’s hoping you find it to actually be solid. 

What are you going to use for legs?  The Home Depot here has 1x4 and 1x6 Mahogany lumber, which is a thought.

thank you

There are no red flags for the use of mahogany. It will be fine