On my birthday, my daughter bought me a lot of different wood blocks at Rockler. Some exotic, some very hard, some very soft. They were all labeled with abbreviations and I couldn't guess most of them. Anyway i was wondering how I could use  a lot of them on one project. Then I remembered a large wooden picture I made years ago. It was flowers cut out of different woods. So I decided to make this one a tree. It came out OK, except when I sprayed a finish on it, some of the colors didn't come out as I thought. The two lower limbs on the left look like the same color, however when they were unfinished they were very different. I'm giving it to my daughter for her birthday

Edited December 5, 20178 yr by Ron Dudelston
tags added

nicely done...

Species: (the common stuff)

CDR   Cedar     

DF   Douglas Fir

DF-LDouglas Fir, Larch

GDFGreen Douglas Fir

HEM   Hemlock, Fir

LP   Lodgepole Pine

RO Red Oak

RW   Redwood

SPF   Spruce-Pine-Fir

SYP   Southern Yellow Pine

WC   Western Cedar

WO  White Oak

WRC   Western Red Cedar

WF   White Fir

YP   Yellow Pine

 

added letters,,,

FS  Flat Sawn

PS  Plain sawn...

QS  Quarter Sawn..

RS  Rift Sawn..

 

PF2011_Tree_Species.pdf

07w_Glossary_Acronyms_Species_Scientific_Names(146KB).pdf

Edited May 29, 20178 yr by Stick486

Thanks, I figured that someone at the store marked them There were some exotic ones and they are the ones I am best guessing at, I have dabbled with them for years. The one thing I never thought about was a wood from the sumac family. It was light colored with red graining.  I thought I had to have some. Then I saw the sign "SUMMAC family , caution" I didn't need to google for that one. I got as far away as I could.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neat! I'm sure she will really love it!

Cool......

That is a very nice use of bits and pieces . Just wait and the colors will change.

25 minutes ago, Gerald said:

Just wait and the colors will change.

 

just like seasonal...

cool...

Your daughter will love it, for sure...thanks for sharing...

Maybe a good way to use up veneer scraps too?

 

Herb

Hey @Ron Altier, sorry I missed this somehow...I really like this and a yet again another awesome idea rolling out of your mind!

How cool taking your birthday gift of wood chunks from her and transforming it into a piece of art for her birthday! Don't supposed she planned it that way do ya'?

I'm sure you have already, but make sure you've signed it on the back...even better a little note attached about the journey of this wood!

Edited June 2, 20178 yr by Grandpadave52