Mulberry?

[Richard Jones]

At least, I think that's what this is.........http://photos.imageevent.com/richinva/turning/misc/websize/2011-05-27_19-32-23_317.jpg

From a piece in a customer's woodpile, very dark on the ends after aging a while, but yellowish, creamy color inside, and turns beautifully..........nice, long, fat shavings, like turning butter.

Opinions?

Rich

I'm celebrating Memorial Day by cutting hay!!!

[Dennis Ford]

Looks like Mulberry to me, could also be Osage.

[John E Wallace]

It looks just like the Mulberry I cut up last month.

[Steve bellinger]

I have some mulberry out in the shop that a guy gave me, but havn't done anything with it yet. Will have to go give it a spin and see how it turns for me.

[David E Keller]

Could be mulberry, but your description of how it turns reminds me a lot of pear. I don't think it's osage orange... The shavings from that stuff are fluorescent yellow, and it's pretty hard stuff.

[Richard Jones]

Not osage, I've used that before, much different color and workability.......

R

[Gary Sichmeller]

Could it be magnolia (tulip tree)? I turned a piece of it awhile back and it looked very similar. What's the diameter?

[Nathan Hawkes]

Looks exactly like the mulberry I'm working with right now. FYI-I see your tenon there is all sapwood. I've found that really green mulberry sapwood is pretty soft; be careful making too heavy a cut on the inside of that bowl. I've found that just one little catch with the mcnaughton corer and sapwood tenons just snap right off.

[Richard Jones]

Nathan,

Thanks. This was so small, I didn't even think about using my McNaughton on it, but will file your idea away for future........on second thought, maybe I should write it down...............:)

Rich