Need Mystery Wood Identification

[f250]

Oh roadkill is not just for turnings. I've done several things with a branch that broke off my mother-in-law's peach tree due to the weight of the crop.

Hey, those bowls are awesome and I love projects from salvaged wood!

Tom

[Toolman56]

Hi; were i park at work we have similar tree's, i'll take a sample of tree and let ya know, btw nice work on bowl's.

[Toolman56]

Heres what i do at Halloween; i take branches from storms and paint em black, put brass cups on ends and get leftovers from the christmas tree farms around here the cut offs ,for the base and these sell fast at my halloween shows, all from free wood, i have mayby 20 bucks in those brass cups, and i sell the tiny 4 branch for $1.99 to $34.99 for the big 8 point model,not bad for few hours work.

[f250]

Toolman, can you post a picture of what you are talking about? For some reason I just can't picture it...

Tom

[Dragon]

Would love to see a picture of that project also.
Diane

[workin for wood]

Looks just like the dozens of choke cherry tree's in my yard. Pretty sure Hornbeam doesn't grow in BC. I can see where most of the cherries have fallen off from either weather, wind or the branch crashing into the ground. Choke cherry is pretty dense and heavy, especially when fresh cut. Find out for sure when you cut it open. Seeing the bark would sure help too.

[William Young]

Hi Jeff.

Choke cherry is pretty dense and heavy, especially when fresh cut. Find out for sure when you cut it open. Seeing the bark would sure help too.

Maybe you missed my message on page 2 of this thread where I showed the bark and the inside of a couple bowls.

It was so darned hot here today that I didn't feel like doing anything but did go out to the shop for an hour this afternoon and roughed out three more N E bowls from that wood.
Gotta love turning fresh green wood. Makes the whole shop smell nice and no sawdust . Just long curly ribbons of shavings.

W.Y.

[greatdane2]

I know nothing about turning so this might be a stupid question but do you normally cut wet wood. And if so how do you stop it checking as it dries?

[William Young]

There must be a dozen different ways to prevent the cracking while it dries which opens a whole new topic in wood turning. . Some take weeks and sone take 6 months to a year or so.
Boiling, microwaving, detergent soak , coating with anchorseal after turning (six month process) and the 24 hour denatured alcohol bath method .
I have tried all but boiling. The one I prefer most by far is the alcohol. The ones I showed in this thread will be dry and ready to final turn in a couple weeks.
W.Y.

[William Young]

Jeff;
Further to our discussion where I answered in message #27 in this thread, a member in my own site has since posted a message and I think this is the closet thing yet that I have come up with for identifying this wood.
I will post a copy of my response to him below rather than typing it all over again..
Look it over and let me know what you think .

W.Y.

George .
I think you have hit the nail on the head.
I have been torn between thinking it was either choke cherry or red alder . But the fruit clusters did not look right on the alder while the leaves looked similar . They were more like tiny cones . Then the choke cherry had smaller and more closely placed fruit than on the tree I got.
I googled Wild black Cherry and came up with this.

Wild Black Cherry (Prunus serotina) - Flowering Trees, Bushes and Shrubs of Sleepy Hollow Lake - An All Creatures Photo Gallery - creation, earth, environment, ecology, plants, trees, animal, animals, fine art, watercolor painting, paintings, pic, pi

The fruit type and placement and the leaves on the black cherry looked identical but the bark was coarse and bumpy which threw me off. Then when I scrolled down farther it said the bark is the same as the branches for at least ten years so perhaps the one I got is a younger tree.
I feel quite sure from the pictures and description in the link I provided that it is Wild Black Cherry.
It sure is nice to turn and the coloring is quite pretty between the sapwood and heartwood.

W.Y.