Greg G. wrote:
Gerald Ross said:

Greg G. wrote:

After this, I turned an exposed bark bowl from sopping wet magnolia.
It is the ugliest thing, and the nastiest wood, I have ever turned.
Kinda like politicians, black heart, and pale, featureless outer. ;-)
Hope it's good to burn in the fireplace, 'cause I'm not bothering with
turning the rest of the log...

I have some nice bowls from magnolia. And some bad ones. Will post a
picture in ABPW of one that spalted (molded) after rough turning.

Cool - I would be interested in seeing those.
I was hoping that this would be spalted, as it was retrieved from the
ground, but not so. Doesn't seem to have much to recommend it, yet.
I believe it is southern swamp magnolia. The pickings are slim - green
wood isn't easy to find anymore, and I can't just cut down trees
because we live in the city. And all the forests around us have
recently been cleared for acres of dreaded McMansions.

That is one reason I do a lot of segmented stuff. I can buy a variety
of exotic wood easier than finding a tree - dead or otherwise. (!)
The neighbors have cut down trees, but it's usually a pine tree.
There has been one big poplar, a few tiny oaks, and a Bradford pear.
I turned some of the pear, but it sure is squirrely - seems to split a
lot while drying. But my favorite has been the cherry (laurel) that I
removed from our yard - which is what prompted the purchase of a Jet
mini last year. What a treacherous, downhill path THAT led to...


Greg G.
I just got a truck load of spalted sweetgum from a neighbor, and just
down the hill is three dead elms already promised to me when they cut
them down. That is some pretty wood. My favorite tree cutter sometimes
drops off a log in my back yard, too. It's feast or famine.

--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder.





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