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Wood recognition

bassethound

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Can anyone tell me what this wood could be please, it seems quite light and very dry and dusty when cut! it's been left to dry in a shed for about 4 years or so! Any ideas? Thanks..:rolling:
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Wood init !


Thought I'd get there before Brian :face:
Glad you said it for me init?
I did look earlier and shall I, shan't I? No poor sod really wants to know it's beech and beginning to spalt if it was left any longer where it was.
 

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I'm not sure but will make a lot of pen blanks. What does the grain look like?
 

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Thanks for the replies, I'll try turning something with it and will cut a couple of blanks and post a pic as I am so good at pics!:funny::rolling:
 

Jim

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For it to be powdery my guess would be something spalted .. Easy way out .. :ciggrin:
 

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Definitely Spalted that's why it so light and dusty, lots of sanding sealer or CS when turning it and razor sharp tools.

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turnaround360

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Need to see a sanded flat race close up to see if it has the little pips that beech has until then Im sticking with spalted sycamore .
 

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That pic looks like sycamore to me ... Although far be it from me to disagree with Brian. :rolling:

Hell what do I know other than it is wood that's for sure.
I wouldn't normally argue with Neil over this but for the bark tells me it's not Sycamore.

This is the sycamore I am more familiar with and BH's pic don't look like it init?
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The pics look familiar with fire wood logs in Beech that they have in B&Q init?
Beech-bark.jpg

But hey I am only trying to stir up a Easter debate init?
I am a numbnuts when it comes to wood ID they all the same but different init?
 

turnaround360

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The trunk you show is a mature tree as you go up the tree the bark will smooth out on the younger limbs.
 
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