When you get to be my age, there's not too much new under the sun.  Today however, I have a new experience.  Last week, Picked up a couple hundred board feet of cherry and maple from my wife's uncle and he tree an extra board into the mix.  Around here we call it coffeebean but the official name of the tree is Kentucky coffeetree.  It is a species of poplar and very fragrant.  I ran the board through he planer and pretty soon the shop smelled like a spice drawer.  I always thought cherry had a powerful fragrance but this stuff is over the top.  I'm making a couple of jewelry boxes for summer shows and I thought I'd use coffeebean with a horizontal center strip of walnut.  The wood is pretty open grained so we'll have to see how it all pans out.

 

It sure looks pretty from here Ron, I would have guessed it was Cherry by that image.

Looks kinda like the olive wood on my bench. Same type of grain and color. Mine has no odor. 

2 hours ago, John Morris said:

It sure looks pretty from here Ron, I would have guessed it was Cherry by that image.

Cherry has a much tighter grain.  

Heard of this wood and have seen some advertised on CL, Louisville and even seen the tress but never been around it in a sawn stage.

Wonder if you can steep/strain the shavings to make an aromatic oil? Maybe would have to do that with the "bean" pod seeds?

2 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Heard of this wood and have seen some advertised on CL, Louisville and even seen the tress but never been around it in a sawn stage.

Wonder if you can steep/strain the shavings to make an aromatic oil? Maybe would have to do that with the "bean" pod seeds?

Dave, I think I can get some more.  Want a piece of it?

 

6 minutes ago, Ron Dudelston said:

Dave, I think I can get some more.  Want a piece of it?

 

I'll take you up on the offer Ron...no hurry though. It will be a while before much gets done in my neck of the woods.

Hopefully I could find something useful to make from a piece besides sawdust, shavings and chips.

Hey, maybe we could get a wood sample trade going among the members. 

That would be fun.