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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!
The recent occasion of making three new bowls out of Maple, two from Ambrosia Maple and one from Quilted Maple, have caused me to review all my multiple entries …
To put it politely, working with Purpleheart can present some unique challenges. The wood is extremely hard and therefore can be quite difficult to machine or cut successfully. …
Yellowheart proved to be an absolute dream wood to work with. The wood cut with my Easy Wood Tools, especially the Easy Hollower #1, extremely easily and quite …
The first challenge in pricing American Osage Orange is ensuring that the listed wood is North American Osage Orange and not the tropical import. Very few if any …
Quite recently I had the opportunity to work with additional small pieces of Eastern Black Walnut when I decided to make two last-minute additional gift bowls for Christmas this …
The piece turned quite easily although being a softer wood, about the same hardness as white oak, it did have some pretty rough end grain issues on the flat …
When stained, ash can look very similar to oak (Quercus spp.), although oaks have much wider rays, which are visible on all wood surfaces, even on flatsawn surfaces, where …