What type of wood do you think this is quiz.....

[Dan_IN_MN]

I just got my Jonsered 830 back up and running after being down because of it needing a piston kit.

I got an idea to rip a couple of logs I had sitting around....what type of wood do you think these pics are?

 

[betterbuilt]

This one is Walnut.

 

[betterbuilt]

This one is rotted Walnut.

You could call it well seasoned.

 

[hamish]

Damn with my eyes, all I can say is its millable wood! Having never cut a walnut tree before in my life i was leaning more towards oak.

 

[q-tip jr]

elm??

Damn with my eyes, all I can say is its millable wood! Having never cut a walnut tree before in my life i was leaning more towards oak.

at a glance, that's my guess...

 

[Dan_IN_MN]

Elm......at a glance, that's my guess...

Yes you're correct!

On a whim I sliced a firewood round down the center length wise.....to see what kind of grain Elm has......

 

[mikeb1079]

man that first pic looks like walnut, you sure it's elm?

 

[qbilder]

The bark even looks like sawn walnut bark. Second board certainly looks elm, but that first pics screams walnut.

 

[lone wolf]

It dont have enough light sapwood on the outsides.

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[betterbuilt]

Not nessarily. If you age walnut the sapwood will all but disappear. I have a friend who lets his logs sit for three years.

 

[DaltonPaull]

Looks like english walnut to me. I'd be hard pressed to believe it's elm.

 

[Dan_IN_MN]

Looks like english walnut to me. I'd be hard pressed to believe it's elm.

Are you speaking of this wood? I believe it's Elm.....I could be wrong....but most dead trees without bark around here I believe are Elm.

 

[DaltonPaull]

I was looking at the closeups - from the picture with the chainsaw I can't see the wood well enough to tell.

Betterbuilt - Does the aging process only darken the sapwood if the wood is left in log form?

 

[betterbuilt]

I was looking at the closeups - from the picture with the chainsaw I can't see the wood well enough to tell.

Betterbuilt - Does the aging process only darken the sapwood if the wood is left in log form?

Exactly. In log form the Sapwood will darken and the Heartwood will mellow. It give it almost a uniform color.

 

[mikeb1079]

Exactly. In log form the Sapwood will darken and the Heartwood will mellow. It give it almost a uniform color.

this is true. if i were more ambitious and it wasn't dark out i'd go find some walnut that looks identical to the first pic. even the cut bark has those same striations. different walnut trees aged for different lengths can look very different when fresh sawn. i've seen color from purple to olive to orange to white. the dead giveaway is the smell, almost like some sort of incense or spice.
anyways, i'd bet a stack of walnut that the first pic is walnut. second pic does look more like elm.
cheers
mb

 

[betterbuilt]

this is true. if i were more ambitious and it wasn't dark out i'd go find some walnut that looks identical to the first pic. even the cut bark has those same striations. different walnut trees aged for different lengths can look very different when fresh sawn. i've seen color from purple to olive to orange to white. the dead giveaway is the smell, almost like some sort of incense or spice.
anyways, i'd bet a stack of walnut that the first pic is walnut. second pic does look more like elm.
cheers
mb

Have you ever seen elm with a dry rot spot like in that pic. Not that I've ever had much laying around, but that stuff seem to hold up pretty good in the weather. I had a chunk that I was using for a tire chock. If I can find it I'll resaw it and see what's left in it. My guess is it will be perfect. It's been out on the ground since 2008. Seems like longer, but 2008 it is. That why I write it all down, because it's like a fish story it alway's getting Older/bigger.

 

[betterbuilt]

Well I grabbed that block of elm and was suprised to see the bottom was rotted pretty good. I sat it near the wood stove to dry for a few days. I'm gonna mill it on the bandsaw and see whats inside.