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Turning Firewood?

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Tom Hintz

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Every time I heard someone say they "made firewood" when making a mistake at the lathe, I wondered if we could reverse that process and make good projects from firewood. I decided to give it a try.
See the link below to see what happened.

http://www.newwoodworker.com/turning/turnfirewood.html
 
All the Time

Most of what I turn I get from a local firewood lot. So far I've gotten, Pistachio, Pecan, Mesquite, Juniper, and African Sumac.

JimQ
 
Tom,

Lots of folks around here use wood to heat shops, homes, etc. myself included. I have a shed for "rescued firewood." Most of what I turn comes from wood that was collected for firewood. Whenever I visit friends I check-out their firewood stacks. By giving them a finished product from time to time I don't wear-out my welcome. 🙂
 
I predominatley use 'firewood' for my turnings. I'm fortunate that I live in New England, where maple, cherry, walnut and other wood is abundant. My brother who lives in a somewhat 'rural' area has huge stacks of wood that he has cut down. I just pick through it looking for decent sized pieces with interesting grain, figure and spalting. I've picked up some beautiful spalted maple logs, and have much fun making bowls, candlesticks, tops, boxes and all kinds of things. I have a next door neighbor that took down a good sized apple tree several years ago. I've got some nice sized logs that show great figure and spalting are just waiting to be put on the lathe.

Brian
 
What a funny coincedence,I just turned my first item.A rolling pin made from a piece of maple firewood I pulled out of the wood box hahahahaha.You would NOT believe how much nice wood i've found in that box!
 
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