Wood ID please

[richburrow]

Hello

I need some help with the ID of this, I have no idea what I am dealing with here.

It has a drift wood sort of finish, best way to describe them is large drift wood chestnuts, sort of brain like.

What do you think? Should I collect some more tommorrow?

 

[Bodrighy]

I haven't got a clue and suspect, if it is driftwood, that you won't tell until you cut it and see the grain. Whatever it is it's got my mind working overtime about what to do with it. Tempting to just leave as is as a sculptural piece.

Pete

 

[wizer]

Tempting to just leave as is as a sculptural piece.

I agree. It'd look great sand blasted. Or both turned and sand blasted. Is there enough meat to turn it?

 

[richburrow]

It might be interesting to chop up and use smaller pieces, I am tempted with more for stock.
Yes I am a sucker for timber!!!!!!
It is in my genes

 

[tekno.mage]

Defiitely collect soeme more of those! That looks a fascinating lump of wood - possibly what's left of a root ball or a burr after being in the sea for some time?

tekno.mage

 

[Jenx]

From the pic alone .. my guess is...........

Play-Dough :!: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


Wow, seriously not a clue, Rich .. but it looks very interesting !
you must 'update' us with what you decide to do with this...
It would be fascinating to see whats 'inside', but I can also see the temptation to leave it 'as-is', and perhaps incorporate it into something else as a 'compound piece'.

8) 8) 8)

 

[richburrow]

Here we go, quite a haul!!!

You can see the colour , reddish with some figuring.

More for the to do list, I have no idea what to do yet, but that is what the list is for I suppose.

 

[PAC]

Ooooo...that looks nice. Still don't know what it is though. :? Burr yew, perhaps?

Looks huge against the block background. :shock:

 

[user 5053]

Beautiful piece of rustic contemporary sculpture. I would guess it is Alder root and you find a lot of it washed up on beaches and has the colour.

 

[cornucopia]

probably some form of root :-k is it really hard?

 

[Bodrighy]

Some of those pieces look like sea urchin shells. A bit of work and I reckon something really spectacular could be made on an organic look. My address is..... :lol:

Pete

 

[richburrow]

Alder root is a good call but having done a image search I am not convinced, these seem bigger.
They are hard and heavy, I will get the band saw on a piece tommorrow and see what happens.
I am in Gloucester now so no more graduate action for a while, smaller stuff only

 

[Bodrighy]

Be careful, wood that has been soaking in the sea for a long time can be impregnated with sand and salt IME and can be like rock when dry. Also make sure that you are suitably safe as far as dust is concerned it could be any wood. A bit like bog oak, it isn't always that clear what it was originally

Pete

 

[Richard Findley]

Hi Rich,

I don't know what they're from but I think I saw something similar for sale in a turning shop in Devon. They were being sold as a root ball of some sort and there was a finished example showing the most spectacular dark brown (similar to walnut) highly figured timber inside the un-promising looking ball. Takes a good polish if it's the same stuff.

Keep us posted!!

Richard

 

[richburrow]

Just a quick go with some this evening, turns and finishes well.

 

[Bodrighy]

Certainly a beautiful looking wood you've got there Rich. How big do those pieces get?

Pete

 

[Richard Findley]

Looks like you've got a load of rubbish wood there mate. You'd better send it to me....

Richard

 

[richburrow]

Very spicy postage rich!!!!!
Bodrighy / Football size ish

They are quite labour intensive to say the least but I am glad I have got them in the stock.

My son (2years old) took one look at them made a snorting noise and said "Pig wood." So untill between us we can come up with the real name, they are called Pigwood

 

[Richard Findley]

Pigwood it is then!!!

(best smilie I could find :wink: :wink: !!)

Richard

 

[richburrow]

hahahahahahahahah
Brilliant