Author Topic: looking for some wood identifacation (Read 644 times)

kevinlt15 · « **on:** January 26, 2012, 05:37:01 pm »

Well what kind of wood is it? I hope the pics are clear enough

Ok the blade needed to be replaced,and it is red maple I was told the darker wood was from the minerals in the soil wich is heavy clay. it looks very cool the boards are 11 inches wide

ladylake · « **Reply #1 on:** January 26, 2012, 05:45:27 pm »

Looks good, you didn't give a chance to guess, I was thinking maple or birch. What's wrong with your blade, looks like it cuts straight and I sure wouldn't worry about those little tooth marks, they'll be gone the first pas through the planer. Steve

Axe Handle Hound · « **Reply #2 on:** January 26, 2012, 06:14:55 pm »

How did you make the ID? From the pictures I would have guessed hackberry. Have any photos of the bark or the tree itself?

Jeff · « **Reply #3 on:** January 26, 2012, 06:17:03 pm »

Could be Ash.

Corley5 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 26, 2012, 06:24:42 pm »

Soft maple/red maple

Chuck White · « **Reply #5 on:** January 26, 2012, 07:40:28 pm »

I was thinking Ash too Jeff, looks like it!

I never sawed any Red Maple.

Jeff · « **Reply #6 on:** January 26, 2012, 07:47:28 pm »

I'm thinking the grain looks a little to distinct for soft maple, and that heart is text put ash. but the saw would have had to be sharp for that to be ash, or there would be more stringy fiber on the edges of the boards.

5quarter · « **Reply #7 on:** January 26, 2012, 08:16:18 pm »

Definitely maple...grain pattern is a dead giveaway. Although I leave mine laying around long enough that it gets these little black lines through the whole thing.

Looks like your log had a little sweep? Did you have any trouble with tension?

ladylake · « **Reply #8 on:** January 26, 2012, 08:21:08 pm »

Those little black lines are called spaulted, bowl turners really like it. Steve

Jeff · « **Reply #9 on:** January 26, 2012, 08:47:20 pm »

The more I look at it, the more I agree with the maple. I've been out of the mill along time...

NMFP · « **Reply #10 on:** January 26, 2012, 08:54:04 pm »

Its red maple. The sugar streak and distinctive heartwood color are key identifiers. If planed, the sap wood which is white will have a slight grey cast.
Good thing I teach wood ID at college!!

pasbuild · « **Reply #11 on:** January 26, 2012, 09:21:08 pm »

Corley is right

kevinlt15 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 26, 2012, 09:27:33 pm »

yes you guys are right it is red maple. but my question of the different grain color, is the white part all sapwood?

all I know it looks nice

WDH · « **Reply #13 on:** January 26, 2012, 10:55:40 pm »

I believe that the white is sapwood. Heartwood formation is more of a tree art than a science. At some point, the tree needs a place to store its garbage, and the extractives and other tree junk gets shunted to the heart, giving it a distinctly different color in many species. In general, heartwood is old sapwood that is no longer functional in transporting water to the crown. Stuff gets dumped there as a result.

sandhills · « **Reply #14 on:** January 26, 2012, 11:22:47 pm »

My first guess was ash also, guess that's why I'm a just a lowly farmer and not a sawyer

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Jeff · « **Reply #15 on:** January 26, 2012, 11:57:36 pm »

If I was standing there with my hands on the boards I could tell you with certainty.

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #16 on:** January 27, 2012, 06:44:05 am »

Yeah, you could easily confuse that (photograph) maple for ash, the rings are really pronounced. But that grey-brown heart would separate them in a photo. But ash tends to lean a little toward a light yellow and not bright white. Ash in my area has heart with yellow streaks into it, like inclusions. Ash is also one of them species where heart is not cut and dry. Heartwood in trees is actually separated into three different types.

Norm · « **Reply #17 on:** January 27, 2012, 07:19:56 am »

Basswood....

Dave VH · « **Reply #18 on:** January 27, 2012, 07:55:08 am »

If I was standing there, I would have one hand on the board, the other scratching my head. I'm no good at wood identification. Definetly one of my weaker points.

WDH · « **Reply #19 on:** January 27, 2012, 07:58:47 am »

My red maple has a greenish brown heartwood. It almost has a blue green tint to it.

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Author Topic: looking for some wood identifacation (Read 644 times)