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    Default Assistance with Identity of Timber

    Hi Everyone

    I have followed discussions in this forum for some little time, but this is my first post

    Can I ask for your assistance in identifying the timber in the bowls shown here Attachment 207987, Attachment 207986, Attachment 207988, Attachment 207989.

    As you can see, the timber has some very interesting (burl-like?) grain and in places has a distinct yellowish tinge (unfortunately not showing up very well in my rather poor quality photographs). According to the donor of the timber, it is "liquid amber". While the bark (seen here Attachment 207991 in an as yet unturned block in the wood heap) is, sort of, consistent with my knowledge of the tree, I expected the wood to have a somewhat deeper colour.

    A second, natural edged bowl (which unfortunately lost some of its bark while being finished) from the same log is shown here Attachment 207990.

    Any assistance will be gratefully received. (Actually I don't really care what sort of timber it is. It was a delight to turn and has produced some interesting results. But it would be nice to be able to tell the curious just what the timber really is!)

    Regards

    Bruce

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    Hi Bruce
    I dont know what the timber is but your bowls look pretty good
    The grain looks nice. Cheers Skewturn

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    Well if its Liquid Amber then you have LA burl not exactly common.
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    beautiful bowls bruce im almost certain the timber is box elder burl, a leaf would confirm.

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    Bruce,

    If you were in our neck of the woods I would say its a maple burl (birdseye), the bark is very reminiscent of maple burls.

    Box Elder is sometimes called Manitoba Maple, are there any transplanted maples from Canada in Australia?

    Trevor

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    The straight grain section looks exactly like jacaranda but I have never seen jacaranda burl. Anyway beautiful work.

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    Some nice work there . I don't think it's liquidamber . All the liquidamber I have turned has tones of greys and whites .
    Ted

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    Thank you all for your comments.

    Considering all your suggestions thus far I am inclined to go with that of box elder from bench1holio. This picture http://www.woodweb.com/galleries/saw..._burl_slab.jpg of a box elder burl is very similar to what I have got. Unfortunately I do not know the timber source personally so I cannot ask about a leaf.

    Whatever it is, I will just on turning and see what appears.

    Bruce

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    bdfairlie
    If your timber has any blotches or streaks of pink in it ,as evident in the slab in your last posting,that is indicative of box elder . It is caused by a disease that box elder gets and is very desirable .
    Ted

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    It does look like Maple burl, and Box Elder is a soft maple. It isn't common here on the west coast, and does not always have the red/pink colors which do fade to brown eventually.

    robo hippy

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    turnerted

    Having had a closer look, it does have a couple of small, very fine, veins of pink/red running through several bits of the swirlier grain, so I think we can safely conclude that it is indeed box elder.

    Thanks for all your help.

    Bruce

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    Quote Originally Posted by robo hippy View Post
    ...the red/pink colors which do fade to brown eventually.

    robo hippy
    Really? You mean all this gorgeous stuff I have here with bright pink swirls are going to turn brown, nooooooooooo
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    It helps to keep it out of bright sunlight and use a clear finish with a UV blocker in it but eventually it turns tan/brown.

    I have seen pieces that have had a pink/red stain washed or airbrushed over the natural colours and then a clear finish, that's the only way I have heard about to keep the the pinks and reds.

    Trevor

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