Locust bowl

Re: Locust bowl

Ruth Niles

>Terry,

It's beautiful, nice job!

I turn a lot of locust, since I was given a lot of locust, and discovered very early on to turn it to final shape right away. Once down to 1/8"- 1/4" even wall thickness, the warpage is minimal, if at all. In my area locust is used for fence posts because of the fact it gets hard as a rock as it dries.

Ruth

Re: Locust bowl

adrien

>Also 'cause it's very rot-resistant. Sometimes those fence posts sprout and one sees a row of trees alongside the road arising from the original posts.

Re: Locust bowl

Jennifer@Indy.USA

>Hi Terry,

I love this form. Kind of the "Brandy Snifter" look. I'm been playing around with this shape recently too. I've never turned black locust before but it looks like it's open grained. I wonder how it would take liming wax? Might be a neat contrast? Are you coming to Ray's in April? If you've got another piece of that stuff....wanna do a trade? :)...I'm going to cut some figured elm today....and I have lots of other flavors too.

Jen : )

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keith zimmerman, Normal, IL

>Jennifer, what's happening at Ray's in April?

I was there for the Badger Pond send off and would be interesting in seeing people again.

keithz

Re: Locust bowl

keith zimmerman, Normal, IL

>Terry, Like the form on this a lot. My only experience with black locust has been with some bottle stoppers. Looks like a good finish too.

keithz

Nice job Terry!

Dominic Greco in Richboro PA

>Terry,

I really like the shape on this one. The grain lends itself well to it. It reminds me a lot of Osage Orange.

See ya around,

Dominic

Re: Locust bowl

William Duffield, on the Cohansey

>It is ring porous, but the early wood pores are completely packed with tyloses, so it finishes more like a diffuse porous hardwood than many others. In other words, there is a lot less you have to fill to get a smooth finish than you would with, for example, ash.