ticklingmedusa
26th January 2006, 06:30 PM
You guys seem to have a lively forum going here
with a lot of collective experience between you.
I saw other turners from the US posting here.
I hope its ok if I join you.
I have about 9 months experience turning ( besides highschool and a friends shop in Oregon about 30 years ago ) I'm in Southern California now.
I do small scale bowls and semi closed vessels mainly.
I'm lucky because theres a few pretty good exotic wood suppliers nearby.
Last night I worked tasmanian rose myrtle into a closed vessel.
Beautiful wood. I'm playing with natives too like Calif. Sycamore and Cailf. Peppertree (actually naturalized, not a true native) Also, we have heaps of Eucalyptus here. Planted for railroad ties & windbreaks 100 years ago before they realized it to be unstable for that purpose. Not as many varieties as you have there but it seems to do well here. Its used in landscape plantings everywhere.
I'll try to behave myself.
tm
with a lot of collective experience between you.
I saw other turners from the US posting here.
I hope its ok if I join you.
I have about 9 months experience turning ( besides highschool and a friends shop in Oregon about 30 years ago ) I'm in Southern California now.
I do small scale bowls and semi closed vessels mainly.
I'm lucky because theres a few pretty good exotic wood suppliers nearby.
Last night I worked tasmanian rose myrtle into a closed vessel.
Beautiful wood. I'm playing with natives too like Calif. Sycamore and Cailf. Peppertree (actually naturalized, not a true native) Also, we have heaps of Eucalyptus here. Planted for railroad ties & windbreaks 100 years ago before they realized it to be unstable for that purpose. Not as many varieties as you have there but it seems to do well here. Its used in landscape plantings everywhere.
I'll try to behave myself.
tm