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what kind of wood is it

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what kind of wood is it

F. Drybread

>I am unable to post any pictures but hopefully someone here can give me some answers by my description of the wood I have. I have a piece of wood that I have sawn into some blanks for bowls. The outer part of it is white and close grained. Under that layer are all kinds of colors - purple, pink, bright green, tan and black. These are the colors in the big piece (about 24" din dia.) I got. I got some smaller piece (I think may have been a limb of about 6" in dia.) but it is white through out. It is very green. I rough turned a couple of bowls and almost needed a rain coat. I turned them a couple of weeks ago and they seem to be drying without much distortion so far.

Does anybody have a guess as to what this wood might be. I live in NW Arkansas and the tree was cut locally. Any info is appreciated. Thanks

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Ted Okolichany

>Could be poplar...Some poplar that I have turned contained all of those colors..

Ted

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Mike Schwing from Md.

>Would help to know your location, but it sounds exactly like some of the black walnut that I cut up this afternoon. It usually has all of those colors in it when fresh cut and wet. Some of the purples may remain if you're lucky.

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kyle romick

>it kind of sounds like some spalted beech i had a wile back it sometimes gets mineral stains in it wich gives it all those colors

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John K Jordan

>Do you have any of the bark? If you don't have a tree book, there are web sites with pictures. The bark of many trees is distinctive. Is the wood relatively light weight or heavy?

I cut some walnut recently that was mostly white wood but had colors like those towards the center. Does it have a distinctive smell? Once you smell green walnut you won't forget it. If you have a sawmill nearby, you might take a chunk and ask - those guys usually have a lot of experience with local woods.

JKJ in East TN

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