Help with wood Id reference site

[Mike Vickery]

I am doing a little project for my club to make a site to reference common trees in the South West (specifically Arizona) with pictures of turnings, leaves, bark,seeds, flowers and description of turning properties.

I am currently looking for a picture of a turning and permission to use it for the following woods.


Bottle Tree
Chinese Elm
Cottonwood
Honey Locust
Indian Rosewood (dalbergia sissoo) also called sissoo tree
and Texas ebony

Please let me know if you can help. This is a non profit project.

[Dario Octaviano]

Mike,

Do you need sample pictures of trees, wood, bark, leaves, pods, seeds, etc. as well?

I have a few turnings of those listed wood but most are of pens.

If we can help, will it be best to email you the pics? What size (l x w) and max file size is ideal?

[Mike Vickery]

I am looking for a picture of a turning. I have the rest of the stuff.

e-mail is fine (vickerms at gmail.com)
or you can post a link to a picture in this thread.
or if you are feeling really motivated http://www.distinctiveturnings.com/wiki/tiki-index.php

I would prefer some thing bigger then a pen so you can see more of the wood. But since I do not have anything right now a pen would be great.

I appreciate any help I can get.

[Ron Sardo]

http://www.woodturner.org/resources/toxicity.cfm

This page has a few links for wood/tree id

[Kevin McPeek]

Mike my orbit bowl is sycamore and you are welcome to use that. See if you can get the pic off the club website.

[Mike Vickery]

Thanks Kevin I appreciate it.

[Dario Octaviano]

Mike,

Look at my folder at IAP. You can use any picture there that you see worthy.

You can use any pic on this too...it is of Huisache/Sweet acacia.

Link to penturnersdotorg forum removed. Sorry Dario, dems da rules.

[Mike Vickery]

Thanks Dario I snagged a picture of the Ash bowl.

I have updated the list above and removes the species I recieved pictures for
Pictured still needed for
Bottle Tree
Chinese Elm
Cottonwood
Honey Locust
Indian Rosewood (dalbergia sissoo) also called sissoo tree
and Texas ebony

[Hugh Marshall]

i have done a pen in indian rosewood.......go to IAP and look up my photo album (hughbie). it doesn't show much grain cause what i got was very dark wood.....but my fist pen was out of indian rosewood. good luck:D

[Mike Vickery]

Thanks Hugh I appreciate it.

[Dick Strauss]

Mike,
Unfortunately my chinese elm bowl isn't finished yet. However, feel free to use the pics of my honey locust bowl from this thread:

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=49486

It is not my best work but it does show the difference between the heartwood and sapwood pretty well.

Good luck with your project!

Dick

[Mike Vickery]

Thanks Dick, I appreciate it.

I cant edit the first post but I still need

Palo Verde
Bottle Tree
and Texas ebony

[Bill Wyko]

Here's a pic of a pic of a piece of desert Ironwood i've been sitting on for quite some time. I want to build a table with it one day. I just thought it was so beautiful i bought it not even knowing what I'm going to do with it. The piece next to it is Bocote.