The Wood ID Thread ( or name this wood type )

[jakethesnake]

Fattest one looks like walnut almost. Thick bark having thing with pretty center

 

[jakethesnake]

Thick growth rings makes it all look like mulberry. Mulberry is very pretty when it dries. Thought about having some cut and making trim from it. Bugs don’t bother it much

 

[davidwyby]

Skinniest ones look like mulberry to me

Mesquite roots. Never seen that neon before. Tree was by a house fire…

the brown is mesquite. The red is camachile.

 

[davidwyby]

Noodled is Chinese elm.

 

[Hinerman]

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Was told that this is Pecan. Stringy like Hickory and they are supposedly related. Has no smell and I’ve never seen this kind of wood before. Any ideas? I’ve never cut or split Pecan before either so maybe that’s what it is.

Definitely looks like pecan to me!!!

 

[davidwyby]

Osage orange? Been standing dead drying in the desert for many years…hardest thing I’ve ever cut, even with @huskihl torquey ported 7900.

 

[huskihl]

Osage orange? Been standing dead drying in the desert for many years…hardest thing I’ve ever cut, even with @huskihl torquey ported 7900. View attachment 330440View attachment 330441View attachment 330442View attachment 330443View attachment 330444

Hedge or maybe some sort of Locust

 

[JimBear]

Osage orange? Been standing dead drying in the desert for many years…hardest thing I’ve ever cut, even with @huskihl torquey ported 7900. View attachment 330440View attachment 330441View attachment 330442View attachment 330443View attachment 330444

Looks pretty Osagey to me. Cut it up into chunks & come back for it 15-50 years & then let me know if you think it softened up any.

I have a few chunks in the stove tonight from some old fence posts that were probably cut 30-40 years ago.

 

[JimBear]

Osage orange? Been standing dead drying in the desert for many years…hardest thing I’ve ever cut, even with @huskihl torquey ported 7900. View attachment 330440View attachment 330441View attachment 330442View attachment 330443View attachment 330444

I have few down & limbed up to cut fence posts out of, the rest will be firewood. That can grow nice & straight but also pretty damn gnarly also.



28” bar


multiple trunks growing together


One tree & its stump

 

[davidwyby]

Wood only gets harder in the desert, not softer…

 

[JimBear]

Wood only gets harder in the desert, not softer…

I was being facetious, Osage doesn’t lose much weight or density over time they just get harder. There are several fence posts in the ground around here that were put in during the 60’s & 70’s, most are just as solid as the day they were put in.

I can only imagine what that stuff would be like to cut after a few years in the desert. You might need a concrete saw.

 

[huskihl]

I have few down & limbed up to cut fence posts out of, the rest will be firewood. That can grow nice & straight but also pretty damn gnarly also.

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multiple trunks growing together
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One tree & its stump
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Looks pokey. Pokey everywhere

 

[CrystalRiver1]

I have few down & limbed up to cut fence posts out of, the rest will be firewood. That can grow nice & straight but also pretty damn gnarly also.

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28” bar
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multiple trunks growing together
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One tree & its stump
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GOLD DUST!!
Burns almost as hot as Hades & provides a 1st class fireworks show to boot!
HEDGE!!

 

[Int1968]

He’s done a few books


UNDERSTANDING WOOD 2ND EDITION (HARDCOVER)

• by R. Bruce Hoadley
• Hardcover
• Product Code: TP-FWW71070490

 

[jakethesnake]

Stuff looks like mulberry. I have read they are related. If I cut it here I’d swear it was mulberry

 

[kanscruzer]

Stuff looks like mulberry. I have read they are related. If I cut it here I’d swear it was mulberry

I agree on red mulberry, leaf is not right for Osage Orange

 

[Cat 525]

Hedge. Osage orange.

 

[Ikeholt]

Pretty distinctive Osage orange thorns on those branches.

 

[bradb123]

I was being facetious, Osage doesn’t lose much weight or density over time they just get harder. There are several fence posts in the ground around here that were put in during the 60’s & 70’s, most are just as solid as the day they were put in.

I can only imagine what that stuff would be like to cut after a few years in the desert. You might need a concrete saw.

About 50 years ago the land owner I cut for would use Black Locust for fence posts . The fence is still standing and in great shape .

 

[davidwyby]

We have Fruitless Mulberry all around here...it ain't that.