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  1. 06-25-2015, 6:21 PM #1
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    Help with wood ID

    A few years ago a buddy gave me some wood from an apple tree he was trimming...about 4' long and 7" across. I put them up in the garage for a while ...probably 7 or 8 years and decided to get one down today. It's dry and ready for turning. I've turned some apple before and have an idea of how it looks. This piece that I just turned sure looks to me like Black Walnut. Do any of you guys think this piece is apple? The other pieces of apple I turned years ago look nothing like this.

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  3. 06-25-2015, 6:27 PM #2
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    Sure looks like walnut to me.
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  4. 06-25-2015, 7:12 PM #3
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    looks like walnut to me too.

    how does it smell?
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  5. 06-25-2015, 9:09 PM #4
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    Don't really get much of a smell from it..
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    Another vote for walnut and I have a lot of it locally.
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  7. 06-26-2015, 12:20 AM #6
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    Surely looks like Black Walnut Barry, and a nice little bowl you made from it
    Have fun and take care
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    Certainly looks like black walnut to me. Maybe it produced very small, hard, and wrinkly apples.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian Brown View Post
    Certainly looks like black walnut to me. Maybe it produced very small, hard, and wrinkly apples.
    LOL.......thanks everyone for the replies...I'll have to agree with you it must not be apple...
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  10. 06-29-2015, 12:35 AM #9
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    There should be a subsection on the SMC Turners Forum called "Wood ID."
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