Woodturning Materials
So, what can you use as a wood turning material? The better question is, what CAN’T you use! The wood lathe can certainly be used to create objects from most any wood you can imagine, and probably a fair amount of woods you have never heard of much less imagined. But the possibilities don’t stop there. I also use acrylic plastics, deer antler, water buffalo horn, off-cuts from Corian counter tops, corncobs (no, really, I swear), wood composites, and even custom made pens with items encased in special polymers that allow you to do decoupage-like items. One can even rescue the shavings from today’s bowls to make tomorrow’s pens through a process named by its creator, Phoenix Pens. Really, the only limitation is your imagination.
If ever there was a wood to love, it would be Pyinma. Pyinma cut very cleanly and required only light easy sanding to achieve a nice smooth finish. While …
That third bowl is a bit of a red-headed step child. It was clearly labeled as Chechen when received from the vendor but the color is considerably different, …
Geographic Distribution: The wood commonly known by wood workers as Greenheart is known to botanists and other scientists as Chlorocardium rodiei. In older works and sources it may also …
As before, I highly recommend Gonçalo Alves to any wood turner who is looking for a fantastic looking wood that is reasonably easy to work with. I have been …
Milo, also known as South Pacific Rosewood (not a true rosewood of the Dalgerbia species), is a rare find in the wood turning world. It is very hard, …
The middle bowl in the photo presented the greatest potential challenge as it has some serious checking and I wasn't sure that it would hold together given the large …
The piece has a good amount of swirling figure with some reddish streaks that are hard to see in this photo. The wood was quite hard and it cut …