Knowledge You Can Build On — Est. 1998
Willow for turning?
David
>I listened to my neighbor's chainsaw singing all day Saturday, and took a look on Sunday. Willow and lots of it. With permission, I picked up a couple of pieces (crotches). How is willow for turning? Also, I am forced by budget to cut my bowl blanks by hand(bow saw). Is willow brutal to cut?
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Re: Willow for turning?
Robert Cox
>I got ahold of 2 small pieces a while back.
It was taken down becaue it was a hazard here at work.
Turned out to be too far gone. But the pieces I tried, every now and then, I'd see some beautiful grain in amongst the punkiness.
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Eduardo Sarmiento Hall-Lima Peru
>well if you are lucky maybe you could make something like I did with some willow I found ,check my gallery in my web page and see for your self
artistic woodturning from peru
Frizzy and wet.
Mark Mandell - Gone Round In Jersey
>Have your wet weather gear on when you turn it, and keep tools VERY sharp as it feathers badly, somewhat like cottonwood but without the high urea content and smell. Fast grower so the rings are often wide. Not impressed with it after a couple of tries.
Good Luck
Re: Willow for turning?
RevDoug
>Which one is it? Saw several pretty pictures but nothing to tell us what each piece is made of.
