{"id":3682,"date":"2022-05-04T20:58:53","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T00:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.woodturningpens.com\/?p=3682"},"modified":"2022-05-04T20:58:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T00:58:53","slug":"two-unknown-woods-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodturningpens.com\/two-unknown-woods-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Unknown Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Having finished a large batch of domestic woods plus some Christmas gifts, I cleared a shelf from the Latin American woods section, sorted according to species and size, and got started on this new batch of 29 blanks. Every piece of wood in my stocks has had, at some point, clear labeling, but over the years and a cross country move, some of the labels are missing and these woods become the dreaded unknowns. On the shelf that I selected there were two pieces that are unknown woods, both fairly small in size, so I started with those.<\/p>\n
The first unknown wood is hard and slow to cut on the bandsaw but it did cut. The wood itself is a lovely mocha brown with darker streaks and swirls. There was a small section of very bright yellow sapwood that was clearly demarcated which was lost in the turning process. There was no particular odor when cutting this wood. It cut beautifully and required practically no sanding whatsoever. It took a finish with ease. To my eye, this wood closely resembles American Walnut but I am certain that it isn’t actually that. The final piece measures 4.5″ x 2″.<\/p>\n