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   Pippins | Jan 03, 2006 04:41pm | #1

   desertmaster, the fruitless mulberry that we have here in Dallas is not very attractive. The heart wood color is a puke yellow and has coarse open grain. I have never turned the stuff since I consider it ugly. 

   However, one of our local turners ebonized a piece that looked great. Not sure how he did it though.

   Steve Pippins   

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   wchips | Jan 09, 2006 07:31pm | #5

       HI

   I have some mulberry wood in my shed. It turns dark when exposed to sunlite.

   I have never tried to use it for anything yet, so i cannot tell you how it works and finishes.

                    Have a nice day Lee

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   ned7 | Jan 03, 2006 10:39pm | #2

   Hey Gary,
   I turned some mulberry, and I loved it. It turned very well. The early color is a rather bold yellow, but it seems to mellow out after a few months. The pieces I have had a defect in the trunk, and I got swirls of rich browns and near blacks. I would definately recommend it. Take a chain saw to it and open it up and look for color variations, after all, it is free.

   Ned

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   MiKro | Jan 04, 2006 07:51pm | #3

   Gary,

   The Fruitless Mulberry I used has worked well. Yes it starts out a puke yellow when fresh cut, but with sunlight and time it turns to almost a black walnut color. It turns well and there are sometimes nice figure in the root burls and the larger crotches.

   Hope this helps.

   Mike

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   desertmaster | Jan 06, 2006 08:21am | #4

   Thanks to all who replied, however, now I'll never know how it turns:  a couple of days ago, I asked her for part of the trunk, she said her gardener had already asked for it.  I'm sure it will end up as firewood.

       Thanks a bunch anyway.    Gary