Hormigo Reverse
I enjoyed working with my piece of Hormigo and I am quite certain that I have much more extensive stocks of Hormigo in my wood inventory. I do not believe I will have anything as striking as this piece mixed with sapwood but an entire piece of the very colorful heartwood will be interesting in its own right as well.
Hormigo Side View
All cuts were made using the Easy Wood Tool system on my Robust American Beauty lathe. Forward chucking was in a Nova Chuck, while reverse chucking was done using a Easy Wood Tools Easy Chuck with Big Easy Jaws and Extension. Sanding was with Gold and Green Wave sanding discs from Packard Woodworks. Final finish is Shellawax. Note that this time I applied and buffed a coat of Shellawax EEE Ultra Shine as an under layer before applying the Shellawax.
As always, I wish all my readers a great experience in whatever your wood working interests happen to be and to those who like working with lathes especially, do a good turn today!