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Wild grain
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:55 am
by Greenvilleguy
Somewhere above in this thread, a comment was made about tension in the wood. While wood with tension and squirrelly grain doesn't make good lumber, it makes great turning wood. True, some will crack, but hey, it's free and some won't. Here is a picture of a peppermill I turned out of wild cherry. Notice all of the really wild grain.
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Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:25 pm
by osx-addict
Man o man.. You guys are making me want to be at home working on my SS instead of being at work.. I can hardly wait!
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:34 pm
by beeg
Greenvilleguy wrote:Beej,
I'll be interested in your experience with the Bradford pear. I've had two very different experiences.
Will do, once I get a roundtoit.
I'm interested to how it will come out. I haven't used any "found" wood before. Like I said, I just coated the cut parts, and threw them on a shelf for a year.
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:29 pm
by charlese
Greenvilleguy wrote: Here is a picture of a peppermill I turned out of wild cherry. Notice all of the really wild grain.
Hi Doug! Very nice peppermill! Thanks for posting the photo!
BTW, You had asked about pear wood. Just ran across this note in FEEDBACK section of the Woodworkers Journal eZ-line (on- line):
Pear Wood
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That seems quite appropriate. Pear wood is also used for recorders, which are wooden flute-like wind instruments. We have one that we’ve owned, and played, since the 1960’s and, like the seating, it is durable, beautiful and marginally associated with music. – Editor