wild cherry ?

[user 19915]

Can you tell me what timber have i posted a photo of; some one told me it;s wild cherry ??
I don;t turn so i am thinking what to do with it ?? And what should i do to keep it until i decide what i can do with it ?/
I was given it to make a wooden snow man from logs lol the photo ;s are all the same log
Alan

 

[acewoodturner]

Looks like alder to me

 

[Rorschach]

Looks like cherry to me, no idea what kind though.

 

[user 19915]

How should i keep it seal the both ends if so for how long ?? or can i use it as it is
Alan

 

[custard]

Looks like a branch of a Wild Cherry tree or the main trunk of a young tree, the main trunk of a mature Wild Cherry tree usually has a much more heavily fissured bark.

Seal the ends by brushing on any left over paint you happen to have lying around.

 

[Rorschach]

A couple of coats of cheap oil based gloss paint works great.

 

[gregmcateer]

Seal the ends with anything, as said above, but in my (limited) experience, cherry is a reet b'stard for splitting, so you may as well save the future pain and split or cut it straight through the pith now - it'll almost certainly split all over the show if you don't.
(DAMHIK!!)

 

[user 19915]

As i don;t turn i was thinking of making a bandsaw box from it do you think i should split the log or just cut a block from the log for a bandsaw box ????
ALAN

 

[acewoodturner]

I am still not convinced its cherry. Is there any chance of a good photo of the bark.
Mike

 

[custard]

Split the log, in fact quarter the log and get the pith out with a drawknife or a side axe. Leaving the pith in just stores up headaches for later.

 

[user 19915]

Thank;s for all your help and yes i will get another photo
Alan

 

[custard]

This is what the pith generally does,

Some of the most interesting boards I find come from small timber yards that probably serve a local agricultural market, they'll often saw through and through without boxing out the pith. That might be okay for fence posts, but for furniture purposes you'd really want the pith long gone before you ever see the board.

 

[user 19915]

well these are about the best photo i have

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

That's Cherry...believe me

 

[Austinisgreat]

Cherry indeed - ornamental or flowering cherry - from that bark.

Andrew

 

[custard]

This is the bark of a mature Wild Cherry tree, the major branches and the younger trees have the bark we all associate with Cherry, but the trunk of older trees are craggy and fissured like this,

 

[MJP]

For comparison, here's a piece of the trunk of a small flowering cherry that I cut down a few days ago:

Martin