My Collected Wood

[Dan Dill]

This is not for sale, this is for my personal use. I am buying a new Jet mini lathe and wonder if you guys have used similar woods. How do they turn. Big-leaf Maple, Myrtle, Alder, Redwood, Madrone, etc.....Do you have any favorite items you turned in these?


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[Jonathon Spafford]

Hate to tell ya, but all that stuff is totally worthless for turning!!! It is also highly dangerous for your health and your wallet!!!
Just send it to me and I will see that it gets disposed of in the safest most environmentally friendly way






















































:D :D :D

[Rich Stewart]

So far I have not found any wood that I don't like. They said zebrawood stinks. Ilike it. Oak, too open grained. I love it. Old 2X4? I love it. That's some serious nice wood you got there. Have fun.

Rich

[Rich Stewart]

LOL Jonathon.

[Neal Addy]

I love me some Madrone and Redwood. I love to hate Myrtle. I cuss it the whole time I'm turning it. :D

You'll love turning all of them. If it ain't rotten there's no such thing as "bad wood" for turning.

[Dario Octaviano]

If it ain't rotten there's no such thing as "bad wood" for turning.

I have one that I hate...Chinese Tallow. Pretty wood but I react to its "POISON".

[Dan Dill]

I also have wood that I react to poorly.....Bolivian Rosewood, and Myrtle make my face and eye swell, but California walnut [claro], especially the northern California subspecies common to native villiages can cause sores on my skill like poison oak. By the way, some of hte pictured wood is that actual type. I wear Ivy Block and a respirator when working with it.

[Tony Kent]

hello
Yes those are some nice hunks O wood there. be safe and have fun.
Since you are new to turning please always wear a faceshield and step out of the way when you turn on the lathe. Don't ask how I know..........lol!
I too react to rosewood, myrtle, cocobolo and some others so I try and be as careful as I can.

[Joash Boyton]

Looks like you have some nice timbers there!! Have fun, and remeber safety. Not everybody is affected by some timbers. I have turned a lot of the timbers, that are supposedly "toxic" to some people, and never come out with anything. You might not be either:)

Anyway, show us some of the produce;)
Joash

[Paul Engle]

( insert drool here) :D . Dan it looks like you will have a great time with that wood. If you find yourself having too much fun ya can send whats left to me c/o Sagle Idaho post office general delivery and I will have the rest of the fun ;) :D .

[John Miliunas]

Dan, be sure and post pics of your efforts after you get the Mini! Our local Woodcraft now carries many of those same exotics and I've been a bit leery to try a couple, as I don't know what they would look like finished or even how hard they are to turn. (Mostly been doing domestic species.) Now, get that lathe and get busy making some chips! :D We'll be waiting (im)patiently for your report on how hard/easy they are to turn, as well as the final results! :D :) :cool:

[Steve Knowlton]

Dan, They are all good wood to turn. I have about 20 big chuncks of myrtle to turn. Madrone is fun but very unstable. Redwood that i turned was very easy. I did not like the dust of redwood. Have fun.

[Christopher K. Hartley]

Dan, nice looking inventory of blanks. This is just my opinion, all wood, maybe with a few exceptions for health related reasons, is good turning material. They all turn a bit different, but that is a part of the joy of turning. It is also a part of the learning experience as well. So, in short, Happy Spinning!!!:)

[Dan Dill]

Thanks guys. As i collect more I will post them. I love going into the woods to collect wood, not knowing what you will find.