honey locust

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JamieDonaldson

>Larry-green( wet ) honey locust is a wonderful turning wood, and sometimes has varied grain and color patterns that are quite wonderful. As with other locusts, when dry it makes good fence posts! And look out for the thorns!

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MP Wall

>Great stuff, smells wonderful when turned wet. Great color and natural edge stuff will have a green tinged cream edge with pinkish/red heart. Heart wood is tougher to turn when dry, though takes great finish from sanding. Supposedly glows in black light just as an added bonus.

MP Wall

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Keith Tompkins

>look for burls.....they are beautiful on honey locust!

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Bert Workman

>I recently turned a small bowl from a Honey Locust log. I love the grain patterns and the color. Here is a shot of it. 6 1/4" wide an almost 2 1/2" deep.

Critiques are welcomed.

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Peter Teubel

>Its wonderful stuff, but VERY hard wood. Don't try to take a 1/2" shaving unless your have a 3hp lathe. Here's 3 pieces I recently completed:

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Ron Sardo in PA

>Nice Color, But it is hard to tell what the form looks like. Can you post another picture so we can see the shape? I'd suggest head on with just a little of the back top lip showing.

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mpwall

>Peter

Are your pieces pinker in real life than in the pics? My couple of pieces of HL are very pink even after 4-5 years. Just wondering if I got different wood (I do know that it is HL) or if the color in the pics is a bit off. MP Wall

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Dale Stansbery

>Same question here about color. The Honey locust in my firewood pile is(was, all gone now) much more pinkish orange. I tried turning a piece dry (Probably 15-18% mc) and it was difficult. Makes great firewood though.

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Molly Winton

>Larry, looks like the consensus is to keep the stuff. I have to agree, it's beautiful wood, but as others have said, it's a challenge to turn when dry. Keep your grinder running. Here's one of my favorite bowls. It has just about every element in it including bark, sapwood, heartwood, knots, etc.

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Peter Teubel

>The finish I used (Urethane Oil) converted most of the pinkness to a mellow yellow-gold.

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Dirk

>Hey gang, I just got a whole Honey Locust tree, from a tree trimmer guy. Some of the trunk is darn big. I'm not a turner, but I have a 24" bandsaw. I'd like to cut this baby up into bowl and vase blanks, rather than see it end up in the landfill, or for firewood.

Anyone know the best way to sell these blanks?