I really enjoyed turning some white oak a friend brought me from Oregon.

"TonyM" tonym.le"at"comcast.net wrote in message
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Figure not included. :-) In our club we have one turner who likes oak,
none of the others will touch the stuff. With all of the oak we have here
in PA I have seen only about 20 turnings (out of 100's if not 1000's) made
from oak. I've turned about 150 species of wood into spheres but never
tried to make a bowl out of oak, why work a difficult wood when there are
so many others to choose from.
Tony Manella
ndd1"at"prolog.net (remove "at")
http://home.ptd.net/~ndd1/
Lehigh Valley Woodturners
www.lehighvalleywoodturners.com

"Suanne Lippman" wrote in message
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I have turned about 20 bowls out of all different types of wood.
My wife's favorate is my only oak piece. Okay, it is heavily curled, but
still...

"TonyM" tonym.le"at"comcast.net wrote in message
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As a new turner I would avoid the oak, difficult to turn and not many
turners like it, and the cottonwood, it is very soft. The others are
all nice to turn. If you get any silver maple put it in a plastic bag
for 30 to 90 days in a shaded place and you will get some nice, albeit
soft, nicely spalted wood. Hackberry also spalts nice, just leave it
outside in the shade and roll the log once a month.
Tony Manella
ndd1"at"prolog.net (remove "at")
http://home.ptd.net/~ndd1/
Lehigh Valley Woodturners

wrote in message
ups.com...
Living in the rural midwest I have many oppotunities to collect newly
fallen timber. My question is given this selection of timber what's my
best selection and what should I just stay away from. BTW, I'm very
new to turning!

-Terry

Elm
Oak
Sugar Maple
Silver Maple
CottonWood
Osage Orange
Locus
Hackberry
Mulberry