Any wood turners out there?

katie-did · January 15, 2007, 08:00:30 PM

Well I would have to say that my favorite to turn is maple and apple. Apple is my favorite when it is done. I love the warmth of the colors of apple. Walnut is nice to turn but I HATE sanding it the dust goes everywhere. I am not that great at turning yet but I love to do it when I have time.

Quote from: Burlkraft on January 12, 2007, 03:49:29 PM
I also do some turnin'..... ;D ;D ;D

Burlkraft, You act so innocent

there we all know that you can turn so don't try and hide smiley_heh_heh and you did not say what you favorite was? ???
Happy turning everyone.

Burlkraft · January 15, 2007, 08:53:41 PM

I gotta agree with you katie...My favorite is green maple for sure. Nuthin' like big curls of green maple flyin' in the air..... ;D ;D ;D

maplewoman · January 17, 2007, 10:29:00 PM

The Maple you are turning, is that acer sp. because we have Maple over here in Australia too! I like the tigermaple and quilted maple you get in Acer sp. but I still think Queensland Maple beats it hands down. I have bought a beautiful Osage bowl before and I think it is a realy interesting timber, is it easy to turn? and where is it grown? I love that you guys love making usefull stuff out of different timbers it can give a real appreciation to the wood. I just hope you are all wearing dustmasks coz who wants lumberlung. :D

SwampDonkey · January 18, 2007, 05:43:49 AM

Just lumbering along. ;D

Quartlow · January 18, 2007, 07:10:08 AM

I've turned oh a couple hundred or so bowls and I still don't do fine turnings :D :D

My favorites, probably walnut , butternut and cherry. I love the look of apple too.

CHARLIE · January 20, 2007, 04:27:40 PM

I do a little turning here and there. In fact, since I started turning wood my other woodworking suffered. ;D My favorite wood is whatever is on the lathe.....especially those that are free and don't give me an allergic reaction. I turn mostly woods from around the area I live, but also whatever I can get my hands on....especially freewood: oak, maple, cherry, hickory, butternut, ash, box elder, buckthorn, birch, walnut, apple, elm, cypress, magnolia, sweetgum, etc.......and sometimes dunawood (duna what it is :D ).

Gary_C · January 20, 2007, 07:09:13 PM

All these woodturners and not one picture? ???

SwampDonkey · January 20, 2007, 08:09:49 PM

Gary, I think they might be looking for brag'n rights or sumthin. Timid bunch eh? ;)

Radar67 · January 20, 2007, 10:34:36 PM

Gary C and SD, here's a couple just for you....

A Spalted Red Oak bowl.

A Red Cedar pen

Stew

metalspinner · January 20, 2007, 10:54:15 PM

Vase of Red Oak burl and spun copper...

Gary_C · January 20, 2007, 11:08:22 PM

Very nice!! ;D

Thats a lot better, I thought you guys had forgot forum rules -- PICTURES REQUIRED! 8)

4woody · January 21, 2007, 12:06:50 AM

hey i like it to i tryed to get my wife to get me a truning tool but no luck

Part_Timer · January 21, 2007, 11:50:55 AM

Some of Katie-did's handy work.

Maplewoman

Osage is a very very hard wood. It turns well when green but is a pain when dry. It dulls tools fast. I'm not exactly sure of the range of Osage but I do know that it grows from Texas to as far east a Virginia. We have a lot of it here in Indiana but it is disapearing fast. They are removing most of the fencerows so the river bottom is where I'm finding most of it now. It makes a very nice accent on projects.

turningfool · February 06, 2007, 09:56:35 PM

box elder..my gallery is full of pics of it..also quilted maple and birdseye when its available

SwampDonkey · February 07, 2007, 06:55:50 AM

Great stuff tf. 8) Do you take any to market, farmer's markets, craftsmen markets. That Texas bowl is very interesting. ;)

leweee · February 07, 2007, 02:59:14 PM

Tom ....had to bring that creation to light....made your photo bigger so I could see it, & it looks MARVELOUS 8) 8) 8)

old_hb · February 07, 2007, 06:16:29 PM

I'm a turner as well, doing almost exclusively bowls. I've gone from horrendous to bad to where I am now which is fair. I've tried the exotics-love ivorywood, mesquite and a few others but swear at lapacho/ipe which had me sneezing, coughing and spitting for weeks. In terms of what I cut down or get easily, my favorites are cedar, cherry, maple, poplar and walnut. Cedar is great as the chips are wonderful for my dogs' houses and a little sanding covers a whole lot of mistakes. Cherry and Walnut are beautiful but crack easily. As for tools, you name them, I've got them. Sorby is good-in the middle- but Hamlet and the better Crown chisels are-I think-better. As a profligate consumer who has about 70 chisels, 11 chucks and four lathes (I have a shop in SC and one in the mountains of VA), I'll be happy to share with you in a PM my experiences with sellers of these goodies. I'm on a credit card diet at the moment, but my next turner related purchases will be a vacuum chuck and a bandsaw which can accomodate large logs. Lot of luck, HB

turningfool · February 07, 2007, 09:52:46 PM

ty leweee wondered how i had to do that.. ;Dplease..clue me in

leweee · February 07, 2007, 11:39:15 PM

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LINK

You can brighten ,crop,resize & compress jpeg photos with this program.
Enjoy.