Posts Tagged ‘green wood’


Turning Lidded Box From Green, Wet Wood

This post is best viewed right here — But if there happens to be technical difficulties, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I love to turn fresh, green, wet wood. While it is sometimesa shower, the wood is soft and cheap. The problem is that itis wet and will always shrink and warp. […]

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Turning From Green To Dry Mesquite Bowl

If you have difficulty viewing this video here, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Best right here. Before the pandemic during a trip to the Phoenix area to visit a son, a viewer offered me some mesquite and olive wood. The wood was recently cut down. I hauled several chunks home and got […]

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Turning Spalted Bowl With Bonus Nail (Not)

In case of difficulty this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I was happy to be given this block of fresh, green chestnut already slabbed and rounded. It was ready to turn. I had great plans for it: maybe a calabash bowl; maybe a hollow form. The initial turning for the outside bottom […]

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A Tale Of Turning Two Bowls – Same Trunk – Opposite Look – Part 1

This video post is best viewed here on this page. However, in case of difficulty, it is also available on YouTube and FaceBook. I scored a section of a log sufficient for two bowls. Noticing that the bark is quite tight, I decided that one of them should be a natural or bark edge bowl […]

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Woodturning Olive Bowl – UV Resin To The Rescue

This post is best viewed here on this page. But, in case of technical difficulties, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I started and rough turned this bowl from olive about three years ago after a trip to Arizona where one of you hooked me up with fresh mesquite and olive trunks. As […]

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Woodturning Hollow Form Vase From Wet Russian Olive

In case of viewing difficulty, this post may also be viewed on YouTube and FaceBook. I thank my daughter for the wood for this video. She cut down a Russian olive tree from her yard. It was smelly and poorly located. It was not bowl size-I decided to try for a hollow form from the […]

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Woodturning From Tree To Finished Bowl

This video is best viewed right here on this page. However, in case of difficulty, it is also available on YouTube and FaceBook. When I turn solid wood for a bowl, it most often is from urban forestry, wood that comes from private yards and orchards. The best wood is fresh, green or wet, wood. […]

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Cherry Surprise – Woodturning Reject Wood

This video is best viewed here on this page. In case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. In this video, I turn a near reject half log of cherry. The problem was that this wood was urban cherry with large branches all over. In this case, there were two old branches […]

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Woodturning Tiny Goblet – Will It Warp Well?

This video is best viewed right here. In case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. In this video, I experiment with letting green wood warp in the form of a small goblet. I have fresh green apple wood from spring pruning. I decided to experiment with warping. However, I did not […]

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Woodturning Opportunity – Apple Bowl From Spring Pruning

This post is best viewed on this page. In case of difficulty, it is also available on YouTube and FaceBook. My annual pruning of trees in my yard is an opportunity for wood for woodturning. Often this is for smaller projects, but ocassionally a medium sized project. In this case I cut off a 2-3 […]

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