Name that wood

[thefixer]

G'day felllow turners

I'm hoping someone can help identify this tree for me. When it is freshly cut the timber is a very plain white color (image1) but after a day or two it turns orange as it dries. (image 2). It is almost like turning pine when it is green, lots of tearout and very stringy. I cut a few pen blanks from it and dried them in the microwave and it was quite nice to turn then, but it still did not hold that orange color. Maybe a natural drying process will help retain the color. Image 3 is of course the bark, sorry no foliage,just the logs.

Cheers
Shorty

[OGYT]

I'm certainly no expert on Oz timber, so I can't give a guess.
But it is hard to see the grain pattern in these pics... it might do better if you could use a tripod when you snap some pics... they seem to be a bit blurry...
I hope it isn't my glasses!!

[thefixer]

I'm certainly no expert on Oz timber, so I can't give a guess.
But it is hard to see the grain pattern in these pics... it might do better if you could use a tripod when you snap some pics... they seem to be a bit blurry...
I hope it isn't my glasses!!

Definately not your glasses Al. Maybe I should have had a couple beers before taking the pics. Any way; not much grain to speak of, pretty much straight up and down except around the branches. And I think it is probably not a native aussie tree. Possibly a rogue cactus imported from Texas:D

Cheers
Shorty

[springwater]

Mulberry maybe?

I'm hoping one day I'll get it right.

[artme]

Don't think it's Mulberry. Bark doesn't look right and fr0m what I've been told Mulberr is great to turn, which certainly doesn't line up with what is said here.

[rowie]

Red Alder? Does it have medullar rays like oak but a lot smaller(like beech)

[weisyboy]

could be elm. or soap tree but that is hard.

[DJ’s Timber]

Doesn't look like Elm to me, tend to agree with rowie, Alder does go orange after its been cut whilst it's green