Dog Wood HF
Dick Hines
>A friend gave me this piece of dog wood. Very dry with lots of worm holes and cracks and a few knots. Turned the walls th 3/16 so most of the worm holes and knots are open to the out side.
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Carole in VA
>I didn't think dogwood had that much character! How big an opening did you work with? Does dogwood turn easy? I haven't tried turning it...I trashed my bandsaw blade trying to cut a green dogwood blank. :(
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Dick Hines
>I have not turned any wet dog wood. This piece had beena barn for a couple of years and was dry. The opening is about the size of a 50 cent piece
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Jim Reed @Tallahassee
>It is a close grained wood like beech and turns well. Takes a good polish. Just hard to find large pieces.
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Carole in VA
>I found a 10" log today. At least I thought it was dogwood until I cut into it. But looking again at Dick's piece, I don't think it is, even though the bark is a dead-ringer for dogwood. It is dense and heavy, but there is a lot of contrast between the early wood and late wood and a fair amount of space. Almost reminds me of pine to look at it, which I know it is definitely not.
