Mimosa

[Ray Bell]

Has anybody ever turned Mimosa wood? I have a neighbor taking one out right now, and said I could all I wanted. This is a large tree, planted in 1948, so there is more there than I want, but would like to try it is it is turnable.

Thanks,
Ray

[Tom Lewis]

I like to turn it. It can have some beautiful figure.

[bob svoboda]

Ray, I'll be in Pasco in June for a conference if you need any help.......:D

[Richard Madison]

Nice to turn and as Tom said, can have some very pretty wood. Get as much as you can.

[Ray Bell]

Ray, I'll be in Pasco in June for a conference if you need any help.......:D


Bob, If you would like some logs I'll pick some up for you and save them here. You can get them when you come to Pasco. Let me know.

[bob svoboda]

Bob, If you would like some logs I'll pick some up for you and save them here. You can get them when you come to Pasco. Let me know.
Sounds great Ray. I'll send you a PM and we can set it up. Thanks

[David E Keller]

It's pretty stuff and nice to turn... The few pieces I've had a chance to turn lost a fair bit of their initial color pretty rapidly, but it's still a nice wood.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Really pretty wood and nice to turn. I would load up on it.

[Jeff Willard]

Sneezy stuff. Looks not unlike butternut.

[Dennis Ford]

Its beautiful wood and turns good while wet. The dust can be a very irritating while sanding, use a mask.

[Ray Bell]

Thanks all, I picked up a few logs today, and will go back tomorrow, and thanks for the advise on the mask.

[Donny Lawson]

Congrats on the logs. post some pics when you can.
Donny

[Paul Douglass]

Ray, scroll down here for some pictures of bowls made from that wood. Pretty stuff.

http://www.thefeelofwood.com/10.html

[David Christopher]

really easy to turn and looks pretty good

[Ray Bell]

Paul,
Yep this is what the end of the logs look like. Patti was over visiting Connie today, and I told her to tell you about it. Do you want some?

[Terry Murphy]

;)I checked out the site with the mimosa WOW!

Get all you can get.

Terry

[Paul Douglass]

Save me some pen and pendant size blanks when you cut out your bowl blanks. AND, try out that flat steak she told you about. We had it two nights in a row. Trying to talk her into a third.

[Ray Bell]

Here ya go Donny,
I picked up some of this, but the big pieces I really wanted were just too heavy for this old man. Luckily my good friend, and fellow Creeker Paul Douglass stopped by this morning:), and between the two of us were able to rastle some of the larger pieces into to truck, and back out again. Thank Paul, and I promise next time you stop by I wont ask you to help;) Still some smaller logs left, and I may or may not get any more. We are out of town for eleven days starting tomorrow, and I don't have any Anchorseal. Hope this survives.