dubrosa22
1st January 2018, 08:33 AM
I'm new to woodworking and my turning consists entirely of musical flutes and the odd file/chisel handles.
My wife asked if I could turn a largish bowl so I chucked on a scrap blank a made my first bowl to get an idea of it.
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Turning with the endgrain was an interesting new challenge, and meant that the split that revealed itself too late in the project was bloody annoying. But epoxy glue for strength during the final sanding and Carnuba wax filled the voids okay enough for a dodgy coin change recepticle! :rolleyes:
Question is what timber is this? I found it as a 850mm round dumped by the side of the road about a year ago and I roughly backsawed it into chunky blanks. I assumed it was Jacaranda but I'm not so sure now...
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It has a wide, soft figure-8 grain pattern and nice checkered highlights (hard to photograph).
Very pinkish colour when planed/turned (see last pic)
Just what have I got here?
Cheers (and Happy New Year!)
Vaughan
My wife asked if I could turn a largish bowl so I chucked on a scrap blank a made my first bowl to get an idea of it.
427032
427033
427034
Turning with the endgrain was an interesting new challenge, and meant that the split that revealed itself too late in the project was bloody annoying. But epoxy glue for strength during the final sanding and Carnuba wax filled the voids okay enough for a dodgy coin change recepticle! :rolleyes:
Question is what timber is this? I found it as a 850mm round dumped by the side of the road about a year ago and I roughly backsawed it into chunky blanks. I assumed it was Jacaranda but I'm not so sure now...
427035427036427037427038
It has a wide, soft figure-8 grain pattern and nice checkered highlights (hard to photograph).
Very pinkish colour when planed/turned (see last pic)
Just what have I got here?
Cheers (and Happy New Year!)
Vaughan