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Anyone know what kind of tree?
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According to PictureThis it's Mulberry.
This leaf does look like it could be mulberry, see definition attached.
Veins radiate from the stem with serrated edges on glossy green leaves. There is no uniform shape, and the lobes are unbalanced.
The black mulberry has a short heart-shaped leaf. The red mulberry has rough leaves with pointed lobes.
How To Identify Mulberry Leaves
Mulberry leaves are staggered in an alternate pattern along a branch. They are rarely symmetrical with oval two lobes or fleur-de-lys like three lobes.Veins radiate from the stem with serrated edges on glossy green leaves. There is no uniform shape, and the lobes are unbalanced.
The black mulberry has a short heart-shaped leaf. The red mulberry has rough leaves with pointed lobes.
Yes looks like Mulberry, here a picture of my white Mulberry leafs.
The mulberry that I have turned is very yellow but will turn a very deep brown when exposed to UV.
Yea they will, I turned quite a lot of Mulberry, here is a set that I turned for my son that are used as personal salad bowl by them.
But the sapwood stays white as you can see.
Mulberry logs
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Here is a example of the color change. The bottom of the vase was not exposed to uv so still shows some yellow on the wedges, while the side has been exposed and shows the darker color. The finish is lacquer gloss. It was not spray finished until a color change took place.
Thanks everyone for the information. Leo great set of salad bowls! Bob thanks on explaining the color change, great to know.
Nice Mike. It’s fun to experiment. I let a piece of Black Locust fume overnight last night and after oiling this was the result. Kind of a false Wenge.
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What does that mean?
I just meant that I ammonia fumed this piece of wood overnight. I put some 10% ammonia in a glass dish, and suspended the piece of wood over the ammonia. The ammonia vapor (fumes) reacts with the tannins in the wood and turns the wood a dark shade. The longer you leave the wood in the ammonia, the darker it will get, in general. This process works well with some woods, but doesn't with others (depends on the wood's tannin content). White Oak is the classic timber, but cherry, walnut, chestnut, etc... also work well.
Thank you. I was familiar with the use of CA to raise fingerprints but I'd never heard of fuming wood before, but then again I'm brand new to this.
No problem! Experimentation is the name of the game
I watched one hand plane maker, Stavros Gakos, of Poland make a plane out of 'smoked' black locust. I googled it and couldn't really find it for anything but veneers. No clue as to how they could get that torrified reaction all the way through a solid block of wood. Maybe it was left in at low temps for a long time..... I know the ammonia fuming works great with oak.
robo hippy
robo hippy
It is mulberry, one of my top woods. It takes time to shake hands with it as it warps and splits. Basically there is Red mulberry (native from Usa) and then Black and white mulberry, both from Asia but planted worldwide.
In my country it is considered an invasive species.
In my country it is considered an invasive species.