turning materials
I tried something new and finished this piece with walnut oil mixed with a food grade wax. This treatment imparts only a semi-gloss finish at best even after …
This piece also features a good deal of a type of figure that is known as "bird-peck." This is similar in appearance to the more widely known "bird's-eye" …
I have written about Poplar in general in a previous post that happens to focus on the highly colored variant Rainbow Poplar, and while the common names are different …
As might be expected, the Sweet Gum wood was very soft, which meant that it cut extremely easily and quickly but it also, like most all very soft woods, …
I would admit that there are likely wood turners of greater skill and experience than I who could work with spalted wood of this type and yield amazing results, …
Most every turned piece has something that makes it unique and different and hopefully interesting too. In this case, there is a small bark inclusion on the rim, …
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 …