Another wood identification puzzle

[Rodpr]

A friend gave me a couple of logs from a conifer felled in his garden. One was over 18" across. I have turned some big bowls from the green wood and it smells gorgeous. Even after it has been oiled or waxed, a bowl can fill the room with its fragrance. The bark is very thick and fibrous, almost like coir/ coconut husk. The wood is hard enough to turn well where it is knotty but open sections are quite soft and prone to tearout. Someone has suggested it might be Leylandii. Someone else suggested a variety of cedar. Any ideas?

 

[mrpercysnodgrass]

I have recently felled a forty foot leylandii in my garden and it looked just like that. I offered my wood turning neighbour some and he turned his nose up at it!!

 

[Adam W.]

Smells lovely.....Cupressocyparis Leylandii

Lovely turning btw.

 

[Rodpr]

I have recently felled a forty foot leylandii in my garden and it looked just like that. I offered my wood turning neighbour some and he turned his nose up at it!!

His loss! I really enjoyed turning it, partly because of the fragrance but also because it seems (so far) to be pretty resistant to checking.

 

[Rodpr]

Smells lovely.....Cupressocyparis Leylandii

Lovely turning btw.

Thanks Adam. I have been lucky enough to be able to learn from some very experienced 'old-timers' at my local 'Men's shed'. As well as all the YouTube videos!

 

[pgrbff]

I had several macrocarpa that looked very similar to last pictures. Also quite fragrant if I remember well.

 

[Suffolkboy]

Smells lovely.....Cupressocyparis Leylandii

Lovely turning btw.

Definitely Leylandii.

 

[Nic Rhodes]

much under rated wood

 

[treeturner123]

But, Nic, Much over rated hedging!!

Phil

 

[Rodpr]

But, Nic, Much over rated hedging!!

Phil

I agree, it should all be cut down for turning!

 

[Bojam]

I have turned some big bowls from the green wood and it smells gorgeous.

Sorry I can't help with the ID. But great work with the bowls!

 

[Rodpr]

Sorry I can't help with the ID. But great work with the bowls!

Thanks Bojam!

 

[Owd Jockey]

I've turned alot of Leylandii and its very enjoyable to turn green. As Rodpr says it is resistant to checking and has a very interesting and decorative grain pattern. Not all varieties are aromatic though. I've just finished rough turning a 14" platter, which is in my wood kiln at the moment and the shavings I got from it could be used as Pot Pourri, they where that fragrant. The only downside of Leylandii is if you leave it with bark on, resin gathers at the cicrumference and its a bugger to get off your hands. Yes a much under rated wood. BTW, that looks like Leylandii to me.

 

[Rodpr]

The plot thickens! I met the donor of this wood with his wife. Both insisted tree is/was NOT a Leylandii. They were able to find a photo of how it looked before felling. This looks very similar to one that was close by at the time, from which I took a foliage sample. They were not agreed about whether this is what the foliage of the tree in question looked like but they are confident that it is the right family.

 

[Suffolkboy]

Yep. Leylandii.

 

[Rodpr]

Yep. Leylandii.

Thanks - you can't rely on what owners say!

 

[Owd Jockey]

This is a 14.5 inch platter Leylandii I finished last week

 

[Rodpr]

This is a 14.5 inch platter Leylandii I finished last week
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Lovely! Is it highly fragrant?

 

[Owd Jockey]

Yes and not just when you turn it. I reckon you could use it as potpourri. Not all Leylandii have the fragrance though.

 

[MARK.B.]

Like the bowls and platter