Popular Post Marmotjr Posted December 2, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 Help me identify this wood, as I've made some pens from it, and now this nicely figured bowl. I have no idea what it is, aside from I got it from a bulk load of cutoffs. I don't know what type of cutoffs, other than a local guy was selling them as firewood, about 12"x12"x6" blocks, and he had dumpsters full of em. My Girlfriend saw them and asked if she could grab a dozen or so for my birthday, as I was new to woodworking and wanted some practice pieces. There were a bunch of obvious pine, and a bunch of other darker blocks. I can get a picture of the bark that remains if that helps. I'm guessing it's an Elm, winged Elm matches the color and grain the best I think, when looking at the wood database. Regardless of what it is, I'm kinda excited to see how this one turns out as a bowl, as long as the small checking doesn't detonate it while turning. I'm going to try to leave as much sapwood as possible on the rim, as it offers a nice contrast. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 No idea what it is, other than pretty! Nice find, sounds like the GF is a keeper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 hang on to that girlfriend and don't wait too long to get down on one knee, she's a keeper, oh, and tell her you need more tools! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmotjr Posted December 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 Son of a..... Finish out the bottom, turn a mortise in the base, apply some tung oil, let it dry for a couple hours, and go to flip it over. Then I find out it's in that magical 10mm zone where my large chuck jaws are too big, and my small jaws aren't big enough. There's really not enough meat on the bottom to make it much bigger, so it looks like I'll lose about a 1/2" off the base as I have to make a new mortise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 Excellent chunk of wood, I have no idea what it is, but it sure is pretty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 Why don't you ask the guy who was selling them what it is ? Nice looking block of wood ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmotjr Posted December 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2016 IIRC, She did, He didn't know either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted December 3, 2016 Report Share Posted December 3, 2016 Can you get a closer pic showing the grain more clearly? It looks like it could have ulmiform pore groups but I can't quite be sure from those pics, AND it appears to have obvious rays but again I can't be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted December 4, 2016 Report Share Posted December 4, 2016 If@phinds can't identify it, it isn't wood! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmotjr Posted December 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2016 Can't focus any closer. But here's some bark too. Yeah sorry, can't get any closer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted December 4, 2016 Report Share Posted December 4, 2016 7 hours ago, Marmotjr said: Yeah sorry, can't get any closer. How about a scanner? If you have one, try that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted December 4, 2016 Report Share Posted December 4, 2016 Yeah, it takes a real camera on a macro setting to get a close up most of the time. Maybe ask a friend if you don't own one? Any photo nuts know a magnifying lens work around for phone cameras? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmotjr Posted December 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 Yeah, I can scan it, didn't think of that. Between camera systems at the moment. Lost my digital rig a few years ago and never got another, that's on this years xmas list too. And I don't have space to set up another film darkroom like I used to have. Scan's pending, gotta install the scanner software. Ok Here we go Really hard to get a clean pic of a circular object on a flat scanner bed. And note, this is post 2 coats Tung Oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted December 5, 2016 Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 Still can't tell for sure but I'm just about positive that is not showing the Ulmiform pores you always see in any Ulmus spp. Compare what you see up close w/ what' on my site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted December 5, 2016 Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 For anyone on mobile, Phinds site link is in a signature that does not appear in mobile format. Go to hobbithouseinc.com for his sites. The top one in the list is wood ID photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmotjr Posted December 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 So.... best guess? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 7 hours ago, Marmotjr said: So.... best guess? It's definitely wood. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 See? I told you Paul would know what it was! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 Have you looked at it relative to my site as I asked? Coffee tree is another possiblity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 Locust and several fruit trees have that striped look and radiating ray look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmotjr Posted December 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 Yes, checked out your site. I thought it was the same as the wood database, but I have been to yours in the past too, just now realizing, 1) they are not the same and 2) yours seems a lot more in depth. The coffee tree is a good guess, I'm going to run with it unless I find better. The winged elm seemed close, but the endgrain of the coffee tree looks more like this, the color description match a little better, and the range of areas it is found in more matches my location. I asked for best guess because I really don't know. I really just want to be able to call it something if anybody asks. I appreciate the help guys! ..... and now I'm looking at the Honey locust as @C Shaffer suggested, and I'm seeing your site @phinds has a UV lamp on a piece. Will that be a determining factor in identifying the tree? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 12 hours ago, Marmotjr said: ..... and now I'm looking at the Honey locust as @C Shaffer suggested, and I'm seeing your site @phinds has a UV lamp on a piece. Will that be a determining factor in identifying the tree? UV CAN be a determining factor between trees. It's on my back burner to do an article on use of UV to ID different woods but there's info out there on the internet. I think Eric (the Wood Database) has something. Eric's site has some excellent articles and good info on wood but suffers seriously from having only one or two pics per wood to my hundreds per wood. Even on obscure woods I usually have a couple of dozen pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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