Working with Peach wood

[Dan Jechura]

Has anyone turned Pech wood? I've turned fruit cherry, apple and pear. But I just got a truck load of Peach wood. going to turn some tonight.

[robert baccus]

Very pretty and hard wood. Loves to split like any fruitwood. Buy a new gallon of endseal--sounds like a good haul.

[Thomas Canfield]

Ditto what Robert said. I got some recently that split on me very fast, and it was some old/dead wood. Best to get the pith out ASAP and even rough turn and seal or turn thin and still put in a paper bag with shavings for a few days before trying to do final sanding and finish. Wood is pretty.

[Ryan Mooney]

Love it, wish I could get more. It will split some but seemed pretty stable once turned... I got a fair bit from a friends woodpile and made some nice little bowls, a few turned kind of oval once done :D It takes detail really nice and is fairly tough so you can turn it pretty thin if you're so inclined.

[Jim Underwood]

Love it! It turns well, has the look of cherry and smells much better.