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Explore the art of Wood Turning. Creating Pens, Bowls and other works from slabs of wood. We explore techniques, materials, tools and the spirit of wood turning. Join us.
I have written about Cucumbertree extensively in a previous post, so I won’t repeat it here. This turned out to be something of an experiment although that wasn’t what …
The wood was pinkish and roughly cut, not at all square, but without any bark present. There were significant checks in one face, so I made that the front …
I recently made use of a set of four small squares of Black Walnut that had been cut from dimensional lumber. These walnut squares were 4.5 inches by 1 …
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 …
Sycamore can have a very wild figure, especially for a domestic wood. It can very much resemble exotic lacewoods, which come from both South America and Australia, but this …
just have to say at the outset, if you don’t like EXTREMELY porous wood, don’t bother picking up any Ebiara. I seriously think you could see these pores …
I found Canarywood to be a moderately hard wood that cut very cleaning with Easy Wood roughers and finishers. The best exterior and interior finishes were achieved when …