Our local club challenge was to turn something from firewood. On the pile was some wood that had very little heart wood, but a whole lot of sap wood. I initially thought it might be young walnut. However a club member was fairly certain it was the "Tree of Heaven". I think he is correct, Googling I could find bark pictures and it appears to match. I couldn't find any cross sections. There is very little character to the wood.
Are there any different opinions? The wood turns and sands nicely. Here are some of the pieces I have made. The vase is about 7" tall and 4 1/2" at the widest and has a natural edge opening There is some cracking at the pith that I filled. The largest bowl is 6" diameter and 2 1/2' high. I put sone holes, since the sapwood doesn't have much character.
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This is is a birdhouse made from the same wood. The top is made from box elder ( I think ). Overall hiegth of the birdhouse is 12" and about 8" wide at the top. Too big for a wire type stand so I made one. The base was cut from the same wood so you can see the amount of sap wood.
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This is is a picture of the bark.
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CC are welcome as all this was practicing for when I get that prize piece.
Edits: getting pictures correct, at least better.