{"id":3394,"date":"2021-04-16T15:39:35","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T19:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.woodturningpens.com\/?p=3394"},"modified":"2021-04-16T15:40:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T19:40:13","slug":"two-unknown-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodturningpens.com\/two-unknown-woods\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Unknown Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Toward the end of the set of 73 bowl blanks that I have been working my through, I came across two unknown woods that had lost their labels over time. Both bowls turned out quite nicely even if I don’t know exactly what the woods are.<\/p>\n
The first unknown I thought might be Hormigo but once I started to turn the piece I knew it couldn’t be due to the smell of the wood which was unpleasantly reminiscent of vinegar, but bad vinegar. Thankfully, the wood is lovely with lots of dark streaks in a reddish background and note the very small areas of sapwood on the rim, both sides, which is also spalted. For what it is worth, the wood cut quite cleanly and required very little sanding effort. I am reasonably certain that the wood is Latin American in origin. I would welcome any opinions or ideas about what the wood might be.<\/p>\n