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General Forestry => Sawmills and Milling => Topic started by: Downstream on October 25, 2018, 04:53:46 PM
I was cutting the last of some random poplar logs I have been sitting on for awhile. When I put this log up on the mill I knew it was not poplar as soon as I saw the dark brown sawdust spitting out of the mill. The bark was off the log and I have not cut anything like this before so I was wondering what type of wood this might be. The photo does not fully show how deep brown the color was. Wood was beautiful, but unfortunately I only had one log in my pile. Thanks for the help.
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Not enough detail to tell. Closer look at the grain, a pic of the outside of the log needed. Ash? Cottonwood? Need better pics.
Maybe red elm https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=o7xnzECl&id=BB979CD559FB89E4141E48DAD6171A5D0DA5E652&thid=OIP.o7xnzEClqb4qxMw5wF-ehgHaHH&mediaurl=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.auctiva.com%2Fimgdata%2F2%2F7%2F1%2F5%2F7%2F5%2Fwebimg%2F398028687_tp.jpg&exph=299&expw=311&q=red+elm+boards&simid=608019315631787351&selectedindex=28&vt=Default&eim=0,1,2,6 (https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=o7xnzECl&id=BB979CD559FB89E4141E48DAD6171A5D0DA5E652&thid=OIP.o7xnzEClqb4qxMw5wF-ehgHaHH&mediaurl=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.auctiva.com%2Fimgdata%2F2%2F7%2F1%2F5%2F7%2F5%2Fwebimg%2F398028687_tp.jpg&exph=299&expw=311&q=red+elm+boards&simid=608019315631787351&selectedindex=28&vt=Default&eim=0,1,2,6)
Steve
Kentucky coffeetree?
Red Elm (aka slippery elm) is a good guess. I could tell with a close up of the grain.
I cut some coffeetree a few weeks ago, the sapwood was narrower and there was a very sharp line between sap and heartwood, I don't think its that.