local woods
I have written extensively about Black Walnut in the past and those details can be found here. This particular piece came as part of a much larger set of …
As a gift, I purchased a large piece of burl wood from southeastern United States Cherry. I have written fairly exhaustively about Cherry in the past and that information …
Long ago I ordered a set of seven rather small Black Walnut bowl blanks from a vendor in Missouri. At the time, I intended to make them into lidded …
Spectraply is an engineered wood turning material made by dying thin layers of birch vivid colors and then compressing these dyed layers together, sometimes with plain uncolored pieces as …
I found that the Honey Locust cut extremely clean due to its hardness and density, characteristics which often make for an excellent turning wood. I discovered delightful colors …
As I noted at that time, Hackberry is quite soft so while it cuts quite easily it does not cut cleanly, especially on the cross grain areas and areas …
Aside from the wood itself, it is the bark and the oil derived from the bark of the tree and especially from the root bark, that causes Sassafras to …