Thread: Turning the garage red

Hi Guys

I picked up a peice of Padouk from Trend Timbers at the Sydney WWW show. I had only tried it once before on about the second or third pen I made. So, with nothing much on the agenda today I thought I would familiarise myself with this type of wood. I was amazed how hard it was, and the heat coming off it (note to self to check sharpness of my chisels). The other thing I discovered was that it creates a lot of red dust (also note to self; check extractor for a blockage as suction seems down). Well after spreading red dust far and wide I came out with a small bowl I was very happy with though I could have made the walls a little thinner (ok, probably a lot thinner). It is about 15cm wide and 7cm deep. Sanded to 1200 then EEE and Glow.

Hope you like it.