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7 Persimmon Bowls<\/p><\/div>\n

To be fair to the vendor, Wood Turning Blanks For U, it is true that Persimmon, much like Holly, will spalt easily and heavily if it is not immediately rough turned and sealed. One would have to obtain the wood practically the same day it was cut to avoid all spalting so the condition wasn’t entirely within the vendor’s control. However, I have never received blanks as moldy as these were from any other vendor and I have noted this problem, although not to this scale, with other blanks from the same vendor. I won’t order from this vendor, even though they are delightful and very helpful people, except when they have a species that no one else carries, which is a pretty common occurrence. I just placed an order with them for some Camphor wood which is very difficult to find as it isn’t a commercial timber wood. Camphor is highly unlikely to spalt but it might gather surface mold. We shall see.<\/p>\n

The blanks turned easily enough, even though oven dry Persimmon is among the hardest of the North American woods, which makes sense given that it is in the Ebony genus. I believe this was due to the slight dampness in the wood. It came off the lathe in long ribbons which is common with damp woods, but as I noted above, I didn’t think it was damp enough to bother with a full green turn treatment. For a damp wood it cut cleanly and sanded easily. I could take a bowl from blank to final finish in under an hour. It was a fun little two day project and now I will watch to see if the blanks were damp enough that they will warp. One is two days old and it hasn’t moved, and given that no part of the bowls are over 0.25″ thick it wouldn’t take a lot of time for the moisture to leave.<\/p>\n

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7 Persimmon Bowls Stacked<\/p><\/div>\n

I recommend Persimmon wood to any wood turner who can find it for sale. Wood Turning Blanks 4 U still has some blanks in smaller sizes if you act quickly.<\/p>\n

All cuts were made using the Easy Wood Tool<\/a> system. Forward and reverse chucking was in a Nova Chuck<\/a>. Sanding was with Gold and Green Wave sanding discs from Packard Woodworks<\/a>. Final finish is Shellawax<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"