Congratulations to Nino G. Cocchiarella for "Woven Seat Stool" being selected as Turning of the Week for October 28, 2024
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I live in the Houston area and have some pecan, oak, and hackberry stored under an open-sided lean-to off of my steel building. My son wanted a decent sized pecan limb for a small turning project of his. I had trimmed a pecan branch off of a tree that was hanging over our fence more than a year...
I acquired some pecan from a prominent potter here in NC - Ben Owen III. His grandfather planted the tree in the Seagrove community and I have been making a small collection of hollow forms from it. This piece was turned from an upper limb section so it still has the pith in it. The pieces...
May or may not be a problem. I'm turning a piece of pecan for a pen. I mixed up a batch of Trans Tint blue a while back, according to directions. I soaked a piece in the jar and it came out OK. The piece on the lathe has the TT brushed on. But the tint won't color the little pockets in the...
I tried to tint a piece of pecan with TransTint from Woodcraft. Soaket for quite a while. It did a good job and color seemed to be what I expected. However, there are little tiny streaks where the tint did not penetrate. I'm guessing it is the type of wood with a coarse grain. I do have...
Hi, I'm relatively new to woodturning and had some questions about wood selection.
I had a pecan tree taken down 5 days ago that was growing a few feet from my house and am interested in using some of the wood for future turning projects. The cut ends of the logs look unusually colorful to...
This piece is for our clubs November President's Challenge which is a collaborative challenge. Stacie Grange and Bill Tilson teamed up to create this piece a couple of Saturdays ago. We wanted to incorporate coloring, inlay, off center turning, texturing, and carving. The inlays were done...
This piece is a natural edge vase turned end grain from a Pecan crotch having a slight twist in the branches. The wood was dry from curing in the shop for about 2 years. The bark remained in good condition but was stabilized. The vase was sanded to grade 400, with melamine sealer applied at...
This is a 15" by 9" spalted Pecan Vase hollowed with the elbotool. Stress Cracks are embelleshed with Cocobolo Dust and Brass & Gold shavings.
Made of Salt Cedar Burl, with Pecan and Bloodwood for the stem and base. Measures 7"x4.5" and has a Tung Oil finish.
It seems like I'm the first to post a Salt Cedar piece. If you are unfamiliar this stuff is an invasive species, extremely hardy and resistant to eredacation...
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