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.
This is a small piece but it sure has a lot going on. There is intense bird's eye figure and under a bright light and some rotation there is …
Back in March 2017 I green-turned a large number of Persimmon bowl blanks. They were coated with AnchorSeal and set aside to dry with weights recorded from first turning …
I had intended to give this fairly large Ambrosia Maple bowl as a gift but once it was completed I wasn't satisfied with it enough to give it as …
In anticipation of large Christmas bowl orders, it helps to get a head start in the spring time with a large of rough turned bowl blanks, blanks that are …
I cut the block to round on the bandsaw without incident and proceeded to mount it on a faceplate for turning. It was quickly evident that the wood …
In the midst of a marathon of green rough turning Persimmon wood bowl blanks, sealed and set aside to dry for final turning, hopefully, before Christmas, I found a …
As part of the process of preparing to make my annual Christmas gift set of eight bowls, I have rough green turned 12 Persimmon wood bowl blanks, sealed them …