Ecologically Sustainable Practices
This tag is applied when the material or process under discussion is either itself an ecologically sustainable practice, such as the use of olive tree limbs removed during yearly trimming instead of using wood gathered by destroying the entire tree or when the use of a wood or material for wood turning pens or other turned items represents a significant threat to the continued health of a ecosystem such as the use of Honduras Mahogany or Myanmar Padauk.
In reading back over my previous experience I am pleased to say that I had a better time turning this piece than I did the first Monkeypod I worked …
I have previously covered the basics of Black Mesquite elsewhere so I won’t repeat that basic information here. I just LOVE this wood! It has fantastic swirling figure, especially …
I am of mixed opinion about Leopardwood. It was a mild to moderate pain to work with and I am not sure the result is worth the effort since …
Geographic Distribution: The wood commonly known as Zapote (Sapodilla is also a very common name for this wood) is known as Manilkara zapota to botanists and other scientists. M. zapota …
I enjoyed working with Bischofia. It is moderately dense and it turned beautifully with very little end grain tear out so on reasonably light sanding was required. Bischofia took the final …
This Camphor dish was just as easy to work with and just as fragrant as my experiences of the past would lead me to expect. I'm still tempted to …
As easy as Cedar of Lebanon is to work with, I am still not terribly impressed with it as a turning wood even though it does turn easily and …