railrider1920
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Hi folks,
I wasn't sure where to put this. I know I've seen other topics like this, but wasn't sure where it was.
Anyway, we cut down part of a tree this past November. We left about 10 feet of it that I just haven't gotten to yet. It was pretty much a straight tree. About 40ft tall. The couple of larger branches that came off of it grew more up than out. The bark on the bottom is darker and toward the top is lighter. There was not any distinct smell other than fresh cut wood. The actual wood is kinda orange. I was told that it wasn't O O. I live in NW Fla.
First up is a tree from my yard.
Leaves from the tree that is left in the ground:
The rest of the tree that is still in the ground. The larger one on the left:
Some cut and split wood:
Second up, a bush that someone pulled out of the ground and tossed. I figured that I could cut it up and see what might come out of it. I couldn't get a good picture of the wood after it was cut, but it is whitish with some light tan in there as well. The roots grew around them selves, almost like it was grown in a bucket. There were 3 bushes and all are like this.
Third up is a board that I got about 8 years ago. I was told that it was probably mahogany, but I'm not sure at all. The grain is very open, if that is the correct term.
End grain:
Side of board and two pieces cut from it. The two pieces have some whitish streaks in it, but I think that this might be spalting of some kind. I have cut some of it that didn't have the streaks at all.:
The whole board:
Forth and last is a piece that I rescued from a fire wood pile. The guy said that it is the stump of a cherry tree that was cut down a few years back and the stump was cut out not too long ago. The thing is, I really have no clue if we have cherry here in NW Fla. It is some really nice looking stuff.
Side with bark:
Thanks for any help in IDing these for me.
I wasn't sure where to put this. I know I've seen other topics like this, but wasn't sure where it was.
Anyway, we cut down part of a tree this past November. We left about 10 feet of it that I just haven't gotten to yet. It was pretty much a straight tree. About 40ft tall. The couple of larger branches that came off of it grew more up than out. The bark on the bottom is darker and toward the top is lighter. There was not any distinct smell other than fresh cut wood. The actual wood is kinda orange. I was told that it wasn't O O. I live in NW Fla.
First up is a tree from my yard.
Leaves from the tree that is left in the ground:
The rest of the tree that is still in the ground. The larger one on the left:
Some cut and split wood:
Second up, a bush that someone pulled out of the ground and tossed. I figured that I could cut it up and see what might come out of it. I couldn't get a good picture of the wood after it was cut, but it is whitish with some light tan in there as well. The roots grew around them selves, almost like it was grown in a bucket. There were 3 bushes and all are like this.
Third up is a board that I got about 8 years ago. I was told that it was probably mahogany, but I'm not sure at all. The grain is very open, if that is the correct term.
End grain:
Side of board and two pieces cut from it. The two pieces have some whitish streaks in it, but I think that this might be spalting of some kind. I have cut some of it that didn't have the streaks at all.:
The whole board:
Forth and last is a piece that I rescued from a fire wood pile. The guy said that it is the stump of a cherry tree that was cut down a few years back and the stump was cut out not too long ago. The thing is, I really have no clue if we have cherry here in NW Fla. It is some really nice looking stuff.
Side with bark:
Thanks for any help in IDing these for me.
Cherry bark is usually scale like. The bark on the last one doesn't jibe for me. I was thinking willow?
