Posts Tagged ‘green wood’


Woodturning Mystery Bowl In A Board

This post is best viewed right here on this page. But, if you have difficulties, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I wish I knew what species of this this bowl is turned from. It was a decorative tree in my back yard that I cut down. The wood is beautiful. It is […]

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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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