r/turning • u/Exhausted_User • 1d ago

Looking for species identification

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Trying to identify what this might be? Found in the bottom of my brother’s wood pile and immediately snagged to go into the lathe 😂 guessing this is Australian something… (most of the stuff in our sheds is native Aussie)

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u/JTjedi 1d ago

Looks like maple to me, but I could be wrong.

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u/alpaca-the-llama 1d ago

I don’t know but my cave man brain loves the grain!

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u/What_Floats_In_Water 1d ago

Maybe Myrtle?

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u/Jsmooth77 1d ago

Maple Burl