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!
Box Elder is a terrible turning wood. It is much too soft so it chunks rather than cuts. It proved to soft to hold a divot for the chuck …
Continuing to work my way through the Craft Supplies USA “Box of Blocks”, 20 pound grab bag so to speak, I turned a small Poplar and a small Maple …
I didn’t find Red Oak to be an ideal turning wood and that is reflected in the fact that retailers specializing in turning wood tend to not stock Red, …
I have twice now bought what Craft Supply USA cleverly calls "A Box of Blanks." Seriously, the blanks come labelled, B.O.B.. These blanks have no flaws, the wood is …
I recently made some relatively small bowls from some left over Red Oak that was used for making a beautiful Murphy Bed and library table, the same table used …
Gonçalo Alves is a remarkably beautiful South American wood. I have written about it at length in a previous post. While I was at West Penn Hardwoods, at their …
The knots, reddish-orange in color in the bottom of the bowl, and showing through on the reverse, make for a very interesting feature that reminds me of the prominent …