Guess that tree/Another log gathering adventure

[coppolajc10]

Spanish cedar

[Dave Shepard]

Chinaberry?

I never got a ruling on my guess.

[Ocklawahaboy]

I didnt see that guess... nope. 
The country of origin is not in the name but sometimes used to identify the subspecies.

[dchiapin]

Chinese tallow

[Ocklawahaboy]

Nothing to do with china.  supposedly this is the Indian, as in subcontinent, variety.

[LeeB]

a rubber tree? I don't see any latex.

[Swatson]

Last guess for me and I'm out...Rosewood?

[dchiapin]

Carrotwood

[Ocklawahaboy]

Last guess for me and I'm out...Rosewood?

That is what I was told it was and what I tentatively believe it to be.  not the deep red color you see in images o fresh cuts but images of tables, instruments etc have the rich brown color mine does.  we'll see what it looks like milled.

[dchiapin]

try cutting some thicker slabs like 3", should make some nice turning stock for a wood lathe "thinking bowls". Even though it is a catagory 1 invasive, looks like some really nice wood for odd work.

[Ron Wenrich]

Some of that tropical hardwood changes color after the air hits it.  I was at a mill that was cutting cocobolo.  It came off the mill a bright orange.  It dries to a dark brown. 

[Swatson]

Purple heart turns brown too, eventually.  I turned a pen out of purple heart, and let it oxidize to a nice purple then finished it with CA.  I was still kinda new at making pens and that one I gave to my wife to see how the finish held up and she really liked it but it lived in her purse.  A couple years later she told me she must have lost her purple pen because she couldn't find it and she asked me when I gave her the plain brown one. :D :D

[Ocklawahaboy]

try cutting some thicker slabs like 3", should make some nice turning stock for a wood lathe

Thats my next quandry.  I Was planning on some turning stock but I was also wondering if I could get some tonewood out of it.  want some 1" stock too.   

[Kasba]

When I turn purple heart I use something with a UV inhibitor( Armorall ) or a car wax containing it. People laugh at the idea, but I have some cabinet door handles that are about 15 years old I made for a customer and they are still as purple as they were when I first turned them.

[Ocklawahaboy]

When I turn purple heart I use something with a UV inhibitor( Armorall ) or a car wax containing it. People laugh at the idea, but I have some cabinet door handles that are about 15 years old I made for a customer and they are still as purple as they were when I first turned them.

Ideas like that are why I read these forums.  I best that would work on ERC too.

[Kasba]

I have never worked with ERC but it would be worth a try. good luck

[Swatson]

Yeah UV inhibitors help purple heart keep its color.  I know now but still have a brown pen from when I didnt... ;D ;D ;D ;D