Brendon_t Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 I was at a sawyer friends house this morning helping him section and cut an 11000 lb oak log. We took a break and I walked through the dring stacks and saw this beautiful wood. It is yellow in color, very dense with close tight pores. anybody ever worked with this stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 And you didn't take a picture? I looked it up, it's a rosewood family member. Couldn't find any decent pictures of the wood. Tree has yellow flowers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted July 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 Yes, the tree is beautiful. The wood is very pretty but yellow wood out in the sunlight does not photograph well. I took a few snaps and they are all washed out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 Any phot app should let you turn the brightness down. Sometimes the fringes of a washed out area look much better afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted July 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Mr Duncan, here is a picture as promised and as suspected, the yellow doesn't come through well. In person, it's between yellow and lime green. That is hard maple stood up next to it. The wood mills well and comes off the planer very smooth and shiney. The fingernail test tells me this stuff is quite hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Very neat to see wood that so little info was readily available about it. You should check with member " phinds " he collects wood and posts photographs on his website. I didn't find your tipuana on his site. He might want a small sample or some pictures. I think a clear well sanded picture of end grain is key to a positive identification. Unless you are a teenager I'm just Steve, my dad is Mr. Duncan ! Thanks for the picture ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted July 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Your mullet is older than I am. I offed to send him a sample. He wasn't really interested because it realty isn't a common available wood. It is a pretty cool wood with some beautiful grain. I look forward to figuring out what I'm going to do with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Mullets are short in the front, mine is gone in the front ! Genetics not my choice . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Why don't you send me a hundred BF of that stuff Brendon and I'll do a review on it for you.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted July 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Sorry kev, I've only got 98.3 bf.. I know you're all or nothing. Don't want to disappoint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Sorry kev, I've only got 98.3 bf.. I know you're all or nothing. Don't want to disappoint Go ahead and take a chance.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 It looks a lot like Spanish cedar. Is it really light? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted July 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 No not exactly. It's about Maple weight. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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