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 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 …
As a gift, I purchased a large piece of burl wood from southeastern United States Cherry. I have written fairly exhaustively about Cherry in the past and that information …
Long ago I ordered a set of seven rather small Black Walnut bowl blanks from a vendor in Missouri. At the time, I intended to make them into lidded …
I made this final piece as a gift for my husband, and only because he asked for it. I'd not normally consider this type of piece to worthy …
Honestly, I was hesitant to use Eastern Red Cedar again due to the difficulties I encountered in finishing it, but once I realized that it looks just fine when …