Here is the Cottonwood bark (a large one) the leaves you see are from Manitoba maple (Acer negundo)Just a shot in the dark because id-ing wood is very new to me.
The bark reminds me of cottonwood but I have never seen the grain of cottonwood.
Here is the finished bowl if that helps...Picked this bowl Blank up somewhere, I.d. Needed, please.
First pic almost looks like Osage Orange. Deep Amber color will darken with sunlight (and time/months) to more brownish/amber. Catalpa that I've turned has a more greenish hue, but second and third photos remind me somewhat of Catalpa. Photo lighting can be deceiving. Bowl looks great in any case.Here is the finished bowl if that helps...
From the Ailanthus trees I've cut, that must be the most shaded and starved Ailanthus tree in the world. Most of them have growth rings of at least 1/2". They grow like weeds. I still stand by my identification. Whatever the OP decides it is, it looks to have powder post beetle in the bark.It's not Catalpa what the picture of the OP shows, I still believe it to be Ailanthus AKA Tree of Heaven.
Reed, Black Locust over here has a quite different Bark and the wood is also different, yes Ailanthus is not a hard wood, but harder than Catalpa and it turns nicely, and yes Black Locust is pretty hard for sure, but still turns and finishes well for meHmm, now I am wondering if it is black locust. Tree of Heaven and Catalpa are both pretty soft. The locust is harder than woodpecker lips...... It does tend to have that color, and the bark is correct, or at least close...
robo hippy
Reed maybe you do not have a Black Locust, maybe an Acacia tree ??Only turned a couple of pieces of alianthus, and I turned it thin and I could see pin holes in the growth rings.
I do have a big black locust just outside my shop, 24+ inches at chest height and covered with burls. Ain't going to cut it down in my life time. Getting ready to bloom. Never noticed any scent from it though.
robo hippy
That's exactly what black locust bark in the southeast US looks like-smells too. LOLReed, Black Locust over here has a quite different Bark and the wood is also different, yes Ailanthus is not a hard wood, but harder than Catalpa and it turns nicely, and yes Black Locust is pretty hard for sure, but still turns and finishes well for me
View attachment 38666 View attachment 38667 The flowers smell very nice, almost too much from close by.
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