Random stuff

[Mr. Peet]

To play the devil's advocate here a bit, the Cotinus I'm working to buy from the guy in Oregon is 24" wide at the widest point of the biggest slab. Though that appears to be at the crotch. Main trunk looks like it's at least 14". He provided this photo of the tree it came from (it was a downed branch/trunk, so tree is still living). He also sent a couple videos but they're more annoying to post here.

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Ry, did not question this wood being you showed plenty of pictures that matches the species.

 

[Mr. Peet]

Hey @Mr. Peet I appreciate your expertise and really want to get the identification of this wood correct. What do you think of the end grain close-ups I posted in comment #32. And my logic. Are they helpful?

If you look at post #32, it has clearly visible rays and pores in dendritic and diagnal patterns. These patterns do not match most of that seen on Paul's site for Cotinus. The pores are more commonly stacked over pith (not on angles). The colors are also off.

I recall seeing the post but did not look at it, if you follow my lack of attention. I'll take another look.

 

[SA-Motors]

Hi @Mr. Peet Thanks for taking another look. We'll move our conversation back to that thread. I have a cutoff from the same piece that has been planed so I'll post photos of it. This will hopefully give better color than the rough cut portion.

 

[Big Ry]

Ry, did not question this wood being you showed plenty of pictures that matches the species.

No I know. I was just showing that Cotinus can get pretty large. Steve's may still be something completely different, but it seems that the trunk diameter isn't necessarily a red flag with his wood given the size of mine.