So this wood that I scored, ah hum, or found, or potentially stole by accident...*disclaimer*....The place I found it was under a newly constructed power line, no houses around, no posted signs, no sign of anyone claiming the wood, as in already bucked up,(I bucked what is in pics) or logs even stacked ready to be picked up to haul to a mill. Spent 2 days hauling, 6 loads total. A few days later I drive to that spot and there are posted signs every 4 feet, even on the logs I didn't get to. I thought I had silver maple here, but it is unlike any silver maple I have on hand. It is heavier than any oak I have. Right now at 19 percent MC. Any thoughts?
The top two pics look like Sugar Maple, or even Norway Maple, maybe. The last pics of hand held wood, I don't know.
Yes, yes it was poison ivy....I believe I got punished. Had it on my arms for weeks, but worth it. Got about 3 cords total, and it burns nice.
I am torn between Sugar and Red maple. Rounds in the first pic bark resembles red, second pic looks Sugar like. hmmm
Any time you're looking at end grain for identification, it's always best to have a good clean slice, at least a few square inches worth. Wood can be positively identified by a magnified section of the endgrain to the same extent a person can be identified by their fingerprints. I use a surgically sharp drawknife to take very thin shavings. I've seen people use razor knives and razor blades even. Whatever works, just needs to be a good clean slicing cut. Makes judging from a picture a LOT easier than the sawn end.
I'll take that. Wood fanatic would work too. As a professional woodworker it was helpful to be able to identify woods that didn't come off a lumberyard shelf. Later it came in handy working in antique restoration and historic preservation of houses & such. And yah, I'm a science geek too. This is an image I took off a piece of Black Locust just earlier. Notice the large pores are nearly completely filled. This is a sign of a very rot resistant wood. In this case it's more than just resin, the Locust also has silica, which is why it's hell on saw blades too.
You impress me RabbleRouser , keep doing what you do. I know you hope to be doing it someday up here in NH the land of "Live Free or Die" and I look forward to meeting you!
Your cut rounds look like sugar maple. At first i thought silver too. Sounds like you did well despite the afterfact you werent supposed to be there.
