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Offline richpierce

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Ever use mystery wood?
« on: May 01, 2008, 01:19:21 pm »
I found a 8" thick log along a light rail line where they did a lot of trimming.  There are locust trees there but the bark does not look like locust, not deeply furrowed.  It has a lot of heartwood and little sapwood like BL or osage, or maybe mulberry.  I am thinking it must be one of the three as I can't think of other heavy woods with mostly heartwood.  I'm leaning toward mulberry.  Before I bring it home I guess I'll split it on the spot and should be able to tell then by the heartwood color.  Any of you ever use mystery wood?
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Offline Mechslasher

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Re: Ever use mystery wood?
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2008, 02:12:39 pm »
osage will have an orange tint in the furrows and thick white sap, almost like elmers glue.  bl has some deep furrows in it's bark with dark heartwood.
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Re: Ever use mystery wood?
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2008, 02:17:03 pm »
Every wood is a mystery to me ;D
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Ever use mystery wood?
« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2008, 06:23:47 pm »
Mulberry has similar bark to osage. The only other tree I have seen with a yellow wood similar to osage and mulberry is red bud. It doesn't have deeply furrowed bark.
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