Information for Wood Workers
This tag is applied when a post includes information that I believe would be relevant to other wood workers or wood turners based on my experience with a wood, other material, hardware, or power tools.
The wood most commonly known and sold as Honey Locust comes from the tree known botanically as Gleditsia triacanthos.G. triacanthos is a native of the eastern areas of the …
I have green turned bowls before and while I wasn't thrilled about it, I didn't find it to be a great deal more work, in general, than turning dry …
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 …
Cherry is one of my all-time favorite turning woods. It cuts cleanly and easily, it smells delicious when cut, and it takes a very fine sanded surface with a …
Box Elder is a terrible turning wood. It is much too soft so it chunks rather than cuts. It proved to soft to hold a divot for the chuck …
Continuing to work my way through the Craft Supplies USA “Box of Blocks”, 20 pound grab bag so to speak, I turned a small Poplar and a small Maple …
I didn’t find Red Oak to be an ideal turning wood and that is reflected in the fact that retailers specializing in turning wood tend to not stock Red, …