Willow

[Tom Megow]

I have an opportunity to cut some willow if I want it. It doesn't appear to be weeping willow, just a variety growing wild in So Ga.
Any y'all ever turned any?
Tom
Alabama

[charlie knighton]

i have never turned it, but ......check this out.....espically the burls

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?200808-Willow-burl&highlight=willow

[Dennis Ford]

I have turned a couple types of willow; Black willow is very pretty but is very soft and tricky to cut cleanly. The other was pale and bland, slightly easier to cut but still somewhat fuzzy.

[Leo Van Der Loo]

i have never turned it, but ......check this out.....espically the burls

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?200808-Willow-burl&highlight=willow

Thanks Charlie :)

Besides the pieces that are shown in the other post, here are a couple more

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[steven carter]

It is stringy, but can be turned with a little patience and sharp tools.

[Dan Hintz]

I managed to get a hold of a decent Willow burl block since that thread... I like the stuff.

[Jon McElwain]

I turned some willow from a tree a neighbor cut down a couple of years ago. I don't have a picture at the moment, but I do recall that it turned wet very nicely, I got a little bit of warp out of it that I wanted, and there was some beautiful feathering and chatoyance in the wood. Personally, I would really love to get a hold of some more as I had a great experience and a successful project with it.

[Chip Sutherland]

I turned some willow. It was block of wood so I have no idea if it was weeping willow or not. It reminded me a lot of cherry including the aroma. I would jump on the opportunity every time free wood comes around....at least until the LOML becomes the SWMBO....and there was no room left for her to park her car in my garage shop.

[robert baccus]

Turned some large log sections several years ago. The stuff was fresh cut and the wood was perfectly black out to the bark.. Finished out like heart walnut. I have worked walnut for 50 years and one large willow bowl was the prettiest piece of walnut I've ever seen. Heartwood or mineral stain?? Like many soft weak woods the stuff liked to be cut to final dimentions fresh green with no warping ect.

[Mike Cruz]

Here's an 8 x 2 1/2 willow burl bowl I did recently.

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And here is a willow burl HF I did earlier in the year for a swap piece.

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[charlie knighton]

i need to find some of that willow, very nice Mike