Leo Van Der Loo
08-19-2008, 2:56 AM
Always been told, and yes we believe often what we hear, and maybe we want to believe something for that's what we expect from it.
Anyway I have a couple Tulip trees Liriodendron tulipifera growing on my property, AKA yellow poplar and white wood in the lumber department.
They aren't very big and have had their share of bad weather which caused the top and branch-wood to break out/off.
And I turned some small pieces for birdhouse ornaments, most with the bark left on, from the branch-wood that came down or was trimmed off, never had any larger pieces till last week, when a thunderstorm broke a Manitoba Maple tree's trunk with the result that a large 10"D. limb broke/split off of the Tulip tree standing next to it.
I turned a couple dozen bowls from the MM, but never even thought about turning the Tulip wood, "it's a no good for turning wood anyway" so having used all but a few crotch pieces of the MM, I was all done with the wood and had all of it cut and stacked up for my buddy to come and get it, then the thought struck me to why not turn a piece of the Tulip, so I'd know how bad it is to turn.
End of story, it turns not bad at all when green and so I turned almost all of the wood out and off this tulip tree crotch half, just left enough for this very skinny bowl :D.
It's 8½" and very thin, the rim bead is just thicker than most of the rest, and that measures .060", about 1½ mm.
I sanded it very carefully :eek: with oil and it's still wet in the picture.
Still have to take the tenon down some, though there's not much wood left there, might still end up with a funnel, and that's still not bad as an end-result of a "it's a no good for turning wood anyway wood :D" as of now I know it isn't that bad to turn and looks OK also, I think :confused:.
Anyway I have a couple Tulip trees Liriodendron tulipifera growing on my property, AKA yellow poplar and white wood in the lumber department.
They aren't very big and have had their share of bad weather which caused the top and branch-wood to break out/off.
And I turned some small pieces for birdhouse ornaments, most with the bark left on, from the branch-wood that came down or was trimmed off, never had any larger pieces till last week, when a thunderstorm broke a Manitoba Maple tree's trunk with the result that a large 10"D. limb broke/split off of the Tulip tree standing next to it.
I turned a couple dozen bowls from the MM, but never even thought about turning the Tulip wood, "it's a no good for turning wood anyway" so having used all but a few crotch pieces of the MM, I was all done with the wood and had all of it cut and stacked up for my buddy to come and get it, then the thought struck me to why not turn a piece of the Tulip, so I'd know how bad it is to turn.
End of story, it turns not bad at all when green and so I turned almost all of the wood out and off this tulip tree crotch half, just left enough for this very skinny bowl :D.
It's 8½" and very thin, the rim bead is just thicker than most of the rest, and that measures .060", about 1½ mm.
I sanded it very carefully :eek: with oil and it's still wet in the picture.
Still have to take the tenon down some, though there's not much wood left there, might still end up with a funnel, and that's still not bad as an end-result of a "it's a no good for turning wood anyway wood :D" as of now I know it isn't that bad to turn and looks OK also, I think :confused:.