Derek Hartzell said:

Cottonwood and some other very soft hardwoods can be avoided. Likewise
anything without much color or grain. Other than that, I would try about
anything. Even more plain woods like maple are good with natural edges or
with the interesting grain of crotch wood. Go for interesting colored
woods.

Heck, I'll try anything once...

I have done apple, walnut, maple, sycamore, cherry, plum, maple burl,
ponderosa pine, aspen, black locust, and many more. Tony Manella recently
noted that he had turned about 60 different types of wood.

So far, I've done two. :-\

I wonder how peach turns? We've got a decorative peach tree that has
reached end-of-life and will probably have to be removed this fall. I
hate to do it 'cause SWMBO simply loves it's spring flowers, but it
has become old and weak and has lost most of it's limbs. I can think
of no better way to perpetuate her memories of it's multicolored
spring blooms than to immortalize it as a box or vase on her desk.

Thanks for the info!


Greg G.