Box Elder?

Without being able to smell it , I would say it is Cherry from the color.

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.

It does not look like box elder. You rarely find an all red box elder tree. It is mostly a white wood. I think it might be cherry, but the bark does not look like cherry.
?????.........................Jim

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!!

I would say cherry too, just from the color.

https://encrypted-tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcStOMPP0Wj93sLb4Hd-1W23vnSCNPKahdXNJMh9Zwm34KRkB0lh

Black Cherry tree bark….varies a lot with age of tree.
In the fourth picture of your post ,(bottom,middle) you can see the normal “sap pockets” associated with Cherry.

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.

Don’t think box elder either. Nothing like the ones I have cut.

-- Mother Nature created it, I just assemble it. - It's not ability that we often lack, but the patience to use our ability

Beautiful wood!

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Thanks guys. I really don’t think it is cherry because of the bark, the color, and the smell. It smells like maple when it is cut and planed. I am puzzled.

-- Brian M. Sharpe - http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheCarpentersHands

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/PrunusSerotinaBark.jpg/450px-PrunusSerotinaBark.jpg

Box Elder pics were nowhere near your sample.
How about giving us a nice freshly cut end grain picture ?

The closest thing to “pink” Maple I could find was a European tree , “Field Maple” , but your sample isn’t even close , and NY is a fair distance from Europe…LOL

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.

The grain looks a little like red oak. What does the end grain look like?

-- www.BangleGuy.com

Sorry guys!!! I see it as very easy to identify. It is boulevard wood.

red elm? it is very hard and sometimes that color check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulmus_rubra -tr

-- I often wonder "how did I get this lucky?"..t rec

Red Elm ^

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.

http://www.wood-database.com/wp-content/uploads/american-elm.jpg

-- I often wonder "how did I get this lucky?"..t rec

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.