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Started by flip, March 02, 2009, 09:24:29 AM

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flip

Co worker brought this chunk in for ID.  Very stringy and hard to split with ax.  I think elm but not sure.







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Dodgy Loner

It's elm :).  Looks like winged elm.  You're right at the edge of its range.
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SwampDonkey

Looks like American elm, even that thin bark. Is the outer bark corky with alternating brown and white layers? I'd have to wade snow to the shop with a flashlight to get a sample. :D
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flip

Heavy as all heck, center is hard as a rock, bark is very hard and rough wood is very stringy.
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SwampDonkey

Not American then, it's not too heavy when dry. Rock elm then?
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Dodgy Loner

Definitely sounds like a hard elm.  Winged elm is a hard elm, but you may have rock elm (Ulmus thomasii), the hardest of them all.
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pigman

flip, I don't know what kind of wood you have, but I would suggest not trying to split the block on the desk.  ;)
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Quote from: pigman on March 06, 2009, 05:11:19 PM
flip, I don't know what kind of wood you have, but I would suggest not trying to split the block on the desk.  ;)

I agree.  At least set it on the floor  :).  I try not to mess with elm.
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SwampDonkey

Make sure it's concrete floor.  ;D :D
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