turnery
These articles refer to the practice of creating items from wood or other materials through the use of a lathe, a power tool which rotates materials rapidly allowing for rounding and other decorative features.
Eastern Red Cedar turns quite well and, of course, it is also super fragrant which helps to make it a fun wood with which to work. It sands …
I found Mango easy to work with, it cut easily but more importantly is cut very clean leaving little sanding work to be done. I made two 5.5" x …
The Hawaiian Sandalwood didn't have a strong odor but close smelling of crushed shavings yielded a mildly sweet scent. The heartwood is a vibrant yellow while the whitish-gray sapwood …
Today I made three small dishes from Sycamore, Black Walnut, and Bradford Pear, all of which I have written about before.
Today's dishes are a 5.5 x 2 Bradford Pear and a slightly larger 5.5 x 3 Pecan.
The two bowls, or dishes if you will, are from two of my favorite woods, Pecan and Black Walnut. Both are small in size, measuring 5.5" x 2" …
I have started and stack of 67 bowl blanks and these are the first two from that batch, both small at 4.5" x 2", using two different woods, both …