Bowls
To put it politely, working with Purpleheart can present some unique challenges. The wood is extremely hard and therefore can be quite difficult to machine or cut successfully. …
Yellowheart proved to be an absolute dream wood to work with. The wood cut with my Easy Wood Tools, especially the Easy Hollower #1, extremely easily and quite …
The first challenge in pricing American Osage Orange is ensuring that the listed wood is North American Osage Orange and not the tropical import. Very few if any …
Quite recently I had the opportunity to work with additional small pieces of Eastern Black Walnut when I decided to make two last-minute additional gift bowls for Christmas this …
The piece turned quite easily although being a softer wood, about the same hardness as white oak, it did have some pretty rough end grain issues on the flat …
When stained, ash can look very similar to oak (Quercus spp.), although oaks have much wider rays, which are visible on all wood surfaces, even on flatsawn surfaces, where …
I noted that there was a check that was not visible until the piece was on the lathe and being cut. At least one other small check would …