I sawed cants of varies sizes 27 months ago.
Today I pulled it out and sawed it into lumber.
2x 6 and 2 x 8 inch table slabs.....no live edge.
12% mc in the center.
This stuff is beautiful. I love the Gray tint. My first time drying and resewing this species.
Do you recognize it?
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/24625/Mahagony_3.jpeg?easyrotate_cache=1495065893)
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/24625/Mahagony_2.jpeg?easyrotate_cache=1495065894)
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/24625/Mahaogny_1.jpeg?easyrotate_cache=1495065894)
Color looks a bit dull, I would guess sassyfrass
Looks like ash...
No....sorry to both of you. Play again.
A soft wood, except for the grayness, it looks quite a bit like redwood.
No......WDH will probably bust my chops on this.
The showey grain and the wide growth rings remind me of Catalpa but the gray color is throwing me off.
It's not WDH favorite wood,pecan?
No.....but he should know
Black Cherry :)
8)
First thought was walnut, but the color threw me, it's walnut,
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Butternut?
Poplar
No, no and no. :)
Plasticwood from the industrial tree? Been chewed on by a goat and then ''resewed''? Maybe its fabric wood from the textile tree?
PC
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Magicman should know
Probably not Hackberry!
Sweetgum? Sycamore? Magnolia?
Thats 3 guesses. 1 guess per post please. Play again. :D
OK....here it is. Not a lot of sawyers get to saw it.
http://www.wood-database.com/southern-magnolia/
Really pretty wood.
The grey comment led me to think that even though I have never sawed any. I understand magnolia and holly turn grey quickly after sawing unless very special handling and a lot of luck is applied. I guess I lose out on another prize to re-gift.
Yup, been there, good ole southern magnolia or it's close cousin bay..I didn't see any knots, they would be black and quite hard...
The double band of marginal parenchyma gives it away :).
Quote from: WDH on May 18, 2017, 07:47:22 AM
The double band of marginal parenchyma gives it away :).
say_what
It is the dark band at the terminus of each growth ring. It is what gives it that nice grain. Yellow Poplar (in the Magnolia family) has a single band, so it is not as distinct as what you see in your pic of the magnolia.
Quote from: WDH on May 18, 2017, 10:24:24 AM
It is the dark band at the terminus of each growth ring. It is what gives it that nice grain. Yellow Poplar (in the Magnolia family) has a single band, so it is not as distinct as what you see in your pic of the magnolia.
Gotcha!
Quote from: WDH on May 18, 2017, 10:24:24 AM
It is the dark band at the terminus of each growth ring. It is what gives it that nice grain.
That's the part that reminded me of the redwood. Second growth redwood often grows very fast. I've seen 3/4" wide growth rings with the "dark band at the terminus of each ring."
Quote from: WDH on May 18, 2017, 10:24:24 AM
It is the dark band at the terminus of each growth ring. It is what gives it that nice grain. Yellow Poplar (in the Magnolia family) has a single band, so it is not as distinct as what you see in your pic of the magnolia.
My first thought was tulip. Makes sense considering they are in the same family. I knew tulip wad in the magnoliaceae family, but i would never have thought of magnolia, as i never knew it was a sawable species.
How about Maple?
China ball. Tree
Magnolia? Silver leaf maple?