First osage orange

[Paul Williams]

This is my first trurning from osage orange. A friend sent me a log from his fire wood pile. Not at all familiar with the wood, so this was just a practice piece from one of the smaller blanks. 5 1/2 by 2 1/2 and 1/4 wall. It has one crack already and a few dings from coming off the lathe and sailing across the shop. I think my tenon was too short for such wet wood. Very interesting wood. Turned well and has neat looking grain. I turned to final and gave it a quick coat of BLO and shellac. Interested to see how it behaves as it drys.

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[Dennis Ford]

Nice looking bowl, I love turning osage when its wet. It gets pretty hard when dry.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Good looking bowl Paul! Love the grain!

[Jamie Donaldson]

It will oxidize to a honey brown color over time, and it is the best fencepost wood around because it turns to stone as it dries!

[David E Keller]

Pretty wood and a nice shape to boot.

[Dan Forman]

Very good looking bowl and attractive wood. Hope it hangs together as it dries.

Dan

[John Keeton]

Really a nice job on this one, Paul. I have yet to turn any osage, though it is plentiful around here (and, nearly everywhere!) Jamie is right - it gets HARD when dry. Seasoned osage and locust are two woods to avoid IMO.

[John Hart]

I love how they sail across the shop. Reminds me of sparrows. Fluttering with twitterpated desire in the spring....singing their songs and bringing laughter to the wind.

Nice bowl too!!! :)

[Donny Lawson]

Nice Bowl. I've not turned any Osage since I have none but it looks great with the grain pattern. Maybe it will keep that shape. I do have a nice chunk of Black Locust to turn. I've heard it will be like a rock if it dries out.

[Michelle Rich]

I think it is attractive and well turned & finished. Very pretty.

[Chip Sutherland]

Beautiful golden color. Does using shellac with UV protection additives help keep the color of osage? Guess I should turn some of mine and test it out. I guess in the end all osage darkens. This will always be a nice bowl.

[Lee Chadwick]

I love osage. When it is dry, put it back on the lathe and run a torch over it in a few areas, defintely adds character

[Scott Hackler]

I love how they sail across the shop. Reminds me of sparrows. Fluttering with twitterpated desire in the spring....singing their songs and bringing laughter to the wind.

Nice bowl too!!! :)

put down the lacquer and go outside........

[Bernie Weishapl]

Great looking bowl and love the grain.