I purchased this blank, which was marketed to me as Pau Amarello, only to discover that this is simply another name for Yellowheart, about which I have written previously.
The only thing I would add was that this piece had terrible end grain tearout and it took an ENORMOUS sanding effort to overcome this. I’ve read back about my previous experiences and all my other pieces of Yellowheart were nothing like this at all. I guess I just had some bad luck with this particular piece for I can tell you that if this had been my first experience of Yellowheart I wouldn’t ever want to work with it again!
Pau Amarello
This piece measures 5.5″ x 2″.
All major cuts were made using the Easy Wood Tool system on my Robust American Beauty lathe, although I do use Robert Sorby bowl gouges for light final passes before sanding. Forward chucking was in a Nova Chuck, while reverse chucking was done using a Nova Chuck with Cole Jaws. Sanding was with Gold and Green Wave sanding discs from Packard Woodworks. Final finish is 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!