Wood Turning Wood
Woods for wood turning truly open doors for most anyone in terms of the extreme diversity of wood that is available in the world. Even experienced wood workers are likely to be surprised by the quality and quantities of different possibilities inherent when the focus is on the smaller pieces of wood that are typically used by the wood turner as opposed to the slabs and plywoods typically used in cabinetry and furniture construction. And we are definitely not talking about framing pine 2x4s here! Wood really can be purple, yellow, red, and even multi-colored without the use of dyes, paints, or stains. Don’t think so? Follow me into this category and find out for yourself!
I found the most notable feature of this set of seven Honduran Rosewood bowls to be the wide color variability demonstrated from bowl to bowl. Several of the bowls …
This set of 5 bowls in the largest single batch of Bocote that I have worked with and I was quite pleased with it. Bocote continues to be easy …
The orange color is pronounced and my shop looked like someone had shaken out a giant bag of Cheetos. The color is also highly variable and one piece of …
What doesn't come through very well in the photos is how intensely purple Kingwood really is. The dust from the minimal sanding was truly violet. The finish does obscure …
I have worked with and written about Marblewood several times in the past and I haven't discovered anything new about it to report so I won't repeat myself here. This …
Several of the Swartzia species are excellent and well known turning woods, including Queenwood, Katalox, and Wamara.
As I have said before, I wish I had experimented with ONE piece of Leopardwood before I bought more, since I wouldn't have bought more, but instead I got …