Pink Ivory Dish
Geographic Distribution: The wood commonly known as Pink Ivory is known to botanists and other scientists as Berchemia zeyheri. B. zeyheri grows predominantly in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Northern Botswana and South Africa. …
Green Turning
More Green Turned Cherry Bowls
April 3, 2020 Wood Turning Home, Wood Turning Wood, Wooden Bowl Blanks, Woodturning Materials No Comments
I’ve written several times in the past about the green turning technique and process, most explicitly in this post. My consensus in the past seems to be that I …
Three Green Turned Bowls Finished
Next I finished up the Sycamore. Sycamore is almost always a nice wood to work with. It cuts easily and it has such a pronounced ray fleck pattern that …
American Holly
For a finish I chose to use clear gloss polyurethane which is very different from the finish I normally use. I chose this because I thought it was …
Green Wood Turning – Cherry and Holly
Wet or green wood is very easy to turn. Green wood cuts faster and in very long strips compared to the slower going with a dry wood that tends …
Final Cut and Finish – Persimmon
I think the Persimmon wood is beautiful to both the touch and the eye with the unique dark stippling through the lighter material, enhanced by the mysterious fibrous inclusion. …
Persimmon – Rough Cut
January 15, 2017 Wood Turning Home, Wood Turning Wood, Wooden Bowl Blanks, Woodturning Materials No Comments
The Persimmon cut extremely rough, almost chunky, unlike any other wood I have turned, although I admit that I do not have extensive experience in green wood turning. …