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I’ve written about Bloodwood several times in the past with the most recent post being available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Bloodwood Small<\/p><\/div>\n

What was difficult was cutting the blanks round on the band saw. I have a relatively new and high quality blade but Bloodwood is quite hard and is known to dull cutters, like blades and turning tools, so I now need to change my bandsaw blade AGAIN and I rotated my carbide cutters on the Easy Wood Tools to expose fresh cutting surfaces as well. This improved performance quite a bit.<\/p>\n

Once the tools are right the rest flowed easily. For the most part, Bloodwood cut cleanly although the cross grain areas were a bit difficult and in the larger bowl I had to lock the lathe and do some focused touch up sanding to get a truly clean surface. Once properly surfaced, Bloodwood takes an incredible shine with areas of chatoyance that really enhance the overall look of the finished piece.<\/p>\n

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Bloodwood Large<\/p><\/div>\n

Now that I am more familiar with Bloodwood, I look forward to continuing to work with it, and I think I can recommend it to other woodturners as well. It isn’t in the league of my favorites such as Redheart or Mesquite, but Bloodwood is a good wood with which to work and I am happy to have more of it in the shop to look forward to working with as I move forward.<\/p>\n

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Bloodwood Set of 2<\/p><\/div>\n

All cuts were made using the Easy Wood Tool<\/a> system on my Robust American Beauty<\/a> lathe. Forward chucking was in a Nova Chuck,<\/a> while reverse chucking was done using a Nova Chuck with Cole Jaws<\/a>. Sanding was with Gold and Green Wave sanding discs from Packard Woodworks<\/a>. Final finish is Shellawax<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As always, I wish all my readers a great experience in whatever your wood working interests happen to be and to those who like working with lathes especially, do a good turn today!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"