first cut - high quality wood

[massmanute]

I am a newbie Logosol m8 owner and have been cutting some aspen and poplar (true poplar, not tulip poplar) mostly for practice. However, Thursday I cut my first high quality log. It was the trunk of a honeysuckle tree that was growing in our back yard and was cut down a couple of years ago. So far I have just made one cut, down the pith line. I will finish cutting into boards this week. Attached are a couple of pictures of the cut. I put some water on the wood to give an idea what it might look when finish is applied to it.

Correction. I should have written "honey locust", not "honey suckle". Thanks to the other posters for catching that. I don't know how I could have made that mistake, but honestly, I have made worse mistakes in my life.

Also, clarification, When I said "poplar" I mean members of the genus Populus, like quaking aspen, cottonwood, or white poplar, not the "poplar" you might find at the big box stores (tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)). The poplar I have been cutting included some white poplar and a little bit of quaking aspen. These were yard trees from the neighborhood that were cut down.





 

[terrifictimbersllc]

Photos are inserted, not attached. The attach documents and other files option is for pdf, doc, xls files etc not photos.

[massmanute]

Photos are inserted, not attached. The attach documents and other files option is for pdf, doc, xls files etc not photos.

Got it. Thanks.

[ely]

It's pretty wood, what's another name for the tree,I am not familiar with honey suckle tree. Box elder?

[Magicman]

(true poplar, not tulip poplar)

Maybe you could further explain the "Poplar" statement?  

What is a Honeysuckle tree?

Maybe it would help if you would finish filling out your profile and add your location.  ;)

[SawyerTed]

Magicman, I'm thinking he's differentiating based on scientific classification rather than common name.  If my memory serves me correctly, tulip or yellow poplar is a common name.  The genus Populus includes aspens and cottonwoods but doesn't include tulip poplar.  Tulip or yellow poplar is a species in a different genus from the aspens and cottonwoods.

[samandothers]

Welcome to the Forum!

Pretty grain color.

[Magicman]

You are exactly right Ted, thank you.  (I learned something from the FF today.)

Now what is a Honeysuckle tree?

[massmanute]

Oops. I don't know why I wrote "honeysuckle". It is honey locust. I will correct the original post.

[Magicman]

Absolutely:


 
Honeylocust can be stunning.    I have this slab drying that will become a bench.


 
And two of these cookies will become the back.