I have finished two new amateur videos of two bowls. Both kinds of wood walnut and Bird Cherry are easy and pleasure to turn. For the first time I have used hard top oil finish and I am happy with
Colours of plum wood ranges fom dark red, through red, orange to pink. I love this wood as well as the fruit and slivovic. I have cut this timber (h x w x l) 5 and 8 cm x 20 cm x 140 cm (...)
Pear wood is resilient and hard and perfect for woodturning. I bought this trunk which was situated near the place where I used to live 15 years ago. Tho wood is 90 years old and (...)
I would like to share this nice texture of plum wood that has been sitting in the workshop for a while so I do not know whether it cracks or not. If not, this could be a nice bowl. The
I got a big branch of Honey locust tree, which had come off the tree, and which is rather rare in my country. It is native in the central North America. When I saw the colour of the wood (...)
This is the other half of the plum wood, a rough turned bowl see the previous news. The sapwood and heartwood create together a unique texture. Unfortunately the pith is partly damaged but I have a few dry plum centers
I got this wood from my friend. There are lot of beautiful kinds of wood but I am always amazed by plum wood, which has lots of shades and colours. This bowl is 27 cm in diameter and 10 cm
This is the final look of the bowl I have showed in the video see Home. This method is time consuming but it gives the bowl an interesting look and a pleasant feel. Wood should be perfectly sanded and several
This bowl was showed in News at the beginning of December when oiling had begun. It is also found in Gallery. It is interesting as it has a “scar” across grains. I like the colours and texture but the real experience is the touch.
This wood comes from a huge poplar tree with the diameter of 120 cm. The cross section wood looked beautiful and when I was putting this little piece into the car it was already dark so I did not see (...)
