What kind of wood?

[falcn63]

Anyone have any thoughts as to what kind of wood this is? I bought it from a local sawmill. They had several chunks appoximately 2x2x9. The guy there sold them to me for $2 a peice. He didn't have any idea what kind of wood it was. I'm kinda new at this and don't really have any experience in id'ing wood. Just curious about it if anyone has any ideas. Thanks.

 

[vick]

I would guess Maple burl but am not sure.

 

[mrcook4570]

I would also guess maple burl.

 

[JimGo]

Me 3

 

[broitblat]

Maple burl was the first thing that came to my mind as well... Nice looking wood in any case

 

[DCBluesman]

The photo is too small for me to be of much help. If you can post something that's around 600 pixels wide, that should help. I seriously doubt that it's maple burl. Any sawmill, even in Illinois [], would recognize maple burl. [8D]

 

[martyb]

Is there a slight orange tint to it? Possibly a cherry burl as well.

 

[leehljp]

I see some kind of grain pattern in the wood besides the burl that kinda reminds me of sycamore, or slightly reminds me of an almost lace like grain. Did the blank have a bit of lace appearance or is it my computer's view of your pict?

 

[Rudy Vey]

Had some Black Cherry Burl that looked like the upper barrel.

 

[chigdon]

Do you have any pictures of the burl uncut, especially with bark?

 

[woodmarc]

It looks a lot like some chechen burl I once got from Dario.

My 2 cents

 

[chitswood]

I don't think its chechen burl Marc, that stuff is usually a moss green or dark orange, or a mix of those.

 

[chitswood]

I don't think that is cherry either, my guess is maple or something real similar. could it be uncolored Box elder?

 

[jrc]

Set the wood in the sun for a day, maybe put something over part of it to see the change the sun makes, if it's cherry it will darken quite a bit.

 

[alamocdc]

My uncolored Boxelder burl has all been lighter in color than this and while much of my Maple burl has been a bit darker, about half of it has been much like this. My vote would be Maple burl.