Just got done roughing out a wet Monkey Pod bowl blank. Let me tell you, it was the worst stringy piece of wood I have ever turned. No matter what I did I couldn't get it to cut well. It is a beautiful piece of wood though.
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Just got done roughing out a wet Monkey Pod bowl blank. Let me tell you, it was the worst stringy piece of wood I have ever turned. No matter what I did I couldn't get it to cut well. It is a beautiful piece of wood though.
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Ive only turned it dry but that stuff has chatoyance(is that the right word) like no wood Ive ever seen. Beautiful stuff!!
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Chatoyance is specifically the effect that creates a 'tiger eye' or 'Cat's eye' gem. In woodworking it refers to the shimmering effect common to woods like curly maple that reflect light differently as the angle changes. I have some butternut bowls that while possessing no curl, do exhibit chatoyance.Originally Posted by Dennis Collier
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Don't ever buy a palm blank! It is the equivilant of straw glued together!
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No, it's not thin enough yet.
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<chuckle> CA glue (or stabilization) is your friend here. Palm splinters are surprisingly nasty buggers, so I prefer not to let them split off in the first place.Don't ever buy a palm blank! It is the equivilant of straw glued together!
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Palm turns fine but I stabilize it first with an epoxy soak. Black palm however is very hard but good quality wood with little brown showing is hard to find. Palm (400 species +) has its hardest wood toward the bark and the inside wood is always softer. Black palm is covered with 3" black needles by the thousands--hard to log.
Last edited by robert baccus; 03-29-2015 at 10:00 PM.
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+1 on Palm wood. Worst I ever tried to turn. Never again.Don't ever buy a palm blank! It is the equivilant of straw glued together!
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