Forum topic by JohnMcClure | posted 10-10-2017 12:19 PM | 1720 views | 0 times favorited | 45 replies | ![]() |
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10-10-2017 12:19 PM |
Topic tags/keywords: wood lumber id Hi everyone, I milled some on the BS the first day – no spalting. Plain yellow with no character.
-- I'd rather be a hammer than a nail |
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#1 posted 10-10-2017 12:20 PM |
I should mention that what really baffles me, is no sapwood/heartwood boundary…. it seems to be the same consistency all the way through! -- I'd rather be a hammer than a nail |
#2 posted 10-10-2017 01:18 PM |
That looks a lot like Palo Verde, but to my knowledge, it only grows in arid climates. That wouldn’t be spalting if it is PV. Does it smell like you stepped in something a dog would deposit? ............. Jerry (in Tucson) -- Jerry (in Tucson) www.woodturnerstools.com |
#3 posted 10-10-2017 01:23 PM |
Any pictures of the bark or the tree’s shape before cutting it down? How big was the tree? -- Nathan, TX -- Hire the lazy man. He may not do as much work but that's because he will find a better way. |
#4 posted 10-10-2017 01:37 PM |
Jerry, it does not have much of a smell that I can detect, including while cutting and planing. Nathan, The logs were about 12” across. At the base, maybe 16” across. Height – not certain, as it was in my neighbors’ back yard. As to shape, they did mention that it was unusual in that it didn’t have much “spread” – they felt like the branches didn’t reach out very far compared to the typical trees here. -- I'd rather be a hammer than a nail |
#5 posted 10-10-2017 01:37 PM |
Lots of magnolia around here, endgrain looks similar. But magnolia bark doesn’t look like oak bark. |
#6 posted 10-10-2017 01:44 PM |
My guess I’s some ornamental like China berry -- Hunter, Houston TX |
#7 posted 10-10-2017 01:45 PM |
The bark and color look like Elm to me. Rapid spalting is pretty common in Elm as well IIRC. -- I collect hobbies. There is no sense in limiting yourself (Don W) - - - - - - - - Kenny in SW VA |
#8 posted 10-10-2017 01:53 PM |
I’ll have to respectfully disagree with the Chinaberry – it has a much more open grain and is redder: I don’t know if it grows down there or not, but your tree kind of looks like a quaking aspen inside. The bark on QA’s is kind of funny – it looks like birch on the younger growth, but turns “oaky” looking as it ages. Its a real soft wood. I’ve seen a lot of punky (That’s a wood cutter’s name for spalted, lol) quaking aspen, which I just get frustrated with, since I burn it for firewood, and it doesn’t have many BTU’s… -- Pete |
#9 posted 10-10-2017 01:53 PM |
Spalder a.k.a. Spalted Alder. -- "You know, I'm such a great driver, it's incomprehensible that they took my license away." --Vince Ricardo |
#10 posted 10-10-2017 02:20 PM |
spalted beech? |
#11 posted 10-10-2017 03:05 PM |
Thanks for the feedback, everyone. I looked up quaking aspen, and noticed it has a low Janka hardness – softer than pine – and this wood I have is definitely soft. So QA is definitely in the running. -- I'd rather be a hammer than a nail |
#12 posted 10-10-2017 03:27 PM |
John that’s definitely not aspen bark. Aspen bark is really quite smooth. |
#13 posted 10-10-2017 03:30 PM |
basswood? -- if it is to be it is up to me |
#14 posted 10-10-2017 03:32 PM |
Possibly cottonwood. Are there any dead leaves on the ground near stump? -- Bondo Gaposis |
#15 posted 10-10-2017 06:11 PM |
Bark doesn’t look quite right to me for cottonwood. It usually lighter/grayer in color and more deeply furrowed in a tree that large but the wood grain and upright/non-spreading habit look like a possibility. Cottonwood and quaking aspen are in the same genus (Populus) so the wood might be similar. -- Nathan, TX -- Hire the lazy man. He may not do as much work but that's because he will find a better way. |
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