Any idea what wood this is ?

[CHJ]

It was wet when acquired, (rain) but has not split or warped on drying:

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The bark looks a lot like Yew, and is very thin. When wet, wood exudes red stain.

Pear? Apple? Fir?

 

[Philly]

Looks like yew to me Chas.
Philly

 

[JFC]

My first thoughts are yew .

 

[CHJ]

Looks like yew to me Chas.
Philly

My first thoughts are yew .

Must admit it was my first thought but was confused by the growth rate, seems high in its early years judging by the rings.

 

[PowerTool]

Same here - looks like the yew I have waiting to go on the lathe at the moment (same bark/colour/heart + sapwood)

But we could very easily all be proved wrong,as we know :lol:

Andrew

 

[Taffy Turner]

How hard is it Chas?

I have seen some softwoods that looked very similar to that.

Regards

Gary

 

[mr]

Yew is a softwood isn't it, albeit a hard one, or am I completely wrong?

 

[Colin C]

If it is soft it could be Cedar but it does look like yew from what I can see

 

[tim]

Yew is a softwood isn't it

Yep.

How hard is it Chas?

Hardness has nothing to do with defining whether its a hard or softwood eg balsa is a hardwood and yew is a softwood.

The definition of a softwood is that it is is evergreen and that a hardwood is deciduous or to be more specific a softwood tree is a gymnosperm and a hardwood tree is an angiosperm.

More here if anyone is interested:http://home.howstuffworks.com/question598.htm

Cheers

Tim

 

[CHJ]

How hard is it Chas?

I have seen some softwoods that looked very similar to that.

Regards

Gary

Hard enough to to be difficult to push a Thumb Tack in.
My little block plane does not like it.

 

[Colin C]

Then I would say that it is Yew, hard as nails ( I have a small coffee table made from it )
It does come up very nice when finished

 

[Taffy Turner]

Almost certainly Yew then I would have though.

Gary

 

[CHJ]

Thanks Guys, not used to pieces this big(wide) and colour is very light compared to the small limbs I have stored for turning, guess it must have grown in ideal conditions somewhere to be this size and no occlusions etc.