I picked up some non-fruiting mulberry. It is a pretty yellow wood with a lot of chatoyance.
I'm trying to slice it up into D's without the pith prior to rough turning. But it is really dulling my chainsaw and tools quickly. I'm not sure if there might be debris in the bark or the wood is just plain hard or includes silicon. When I'm rough turning it, it also dulls my lathe tools very quickly. The stuff that I am processing right now are branches/reaction wood.
The wood has some moisture in it but the tree was basically dead or dying.
Has anyone else had issues with mulberry dulling tools?