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.
I’ve written several times in the past about the green turning technique and process, most explicitly in this post. My consensus in the past seems to be that I …
One of the obvious things about working with Padauk is that it makes an awful mess. There probably are not more shavings and dust than with other species but …
The heartwood of Burma Padauk covers a range from pale golden yellow to deep reddish brown. As is true of other Pterocarpus species, the color will darken over …
This dish is a unique piece of Paduak in that it has the rarely seen sapwood as well as even more rarely seen evidence of spalt in the sapwood. …
I finished a series of six 14" Paduak platters tonight; come see what they look like.
This 19" Padauk platter is the largest piece I have ever turned. I was an orange mess when it was done but I took photos along the way too …
I had a great time with this latest Padauk project, so much so that I updated this entry to the standard formet. This is the largest work I …