Where I work, the utility company has been cutting a bunch of trees down and leaving the wood behind, I took advantage of this and took a few different species of wood. I grabbed some oak, birch, and a mystery wood that seems to have dark heart wood but It isn't walnut. I am trying to turn some of this wood while it is green, leaving the walls really thick and am planning on painting them with anchor seal and letting them sit for a year or so. This is my first time doing this sort of thing and I was wondering if anybody has any tips? The last thing I want to do is a bunch of these to only find them horribly split and warped down the road.

Winged hollow forms with through finials. Cherry, stained cherry base, ebony finial.

Not going to lie, I love a good feature but this one miiiigggghhht just be an ugly duckling. Cedar, I think, or something like it. Lightweight and relatively soft, very aromatic. Made for a nice morning’s worth of shavings anyway.

My logic here is that if pith causes splits in green wood, remove the pith & problem is solved. I’m also only about 2 years into this, and am a slow learner. In pursuit of the mythical non-splitting green wood, I present this experiment for your judgement.

Fresh, green as heck white oak branch. Pen cup resulted, turned about 15cm long, about 5-7cm across, walls about 4-6mm thick. With the pith hollowed out of the bulk of it, should be less prone to split. Just to be sure, I also cored out about a 2cm hole all the way through the bottom, leaving a lip to set a small disc on later. It’s in front of the fan, disc not in place, 35-40% humidity, at basement temperature for the next week or so.

Split or no split?
Place your bets.

Orange handle shows same orientation on different sides. Other pictures available for reference or in case someone wants to mark it up. Really appreciate the community’s help here. Thank you

I have an easy woodturning #3 and #1 hollower. I have used both of them twice. I didn't really care for them. They are just collecting dust. I believe $100.00 a piece is a fair price. What do y'all think?

I'm missing part #s 33, 34, and 35 for a grizzly g1495 lathe. The grizzly website shows those parts as discontinued. Does anybody know where else. Could find these specific parts?

Curley maple, birdseye maple and walnut

Most of it was just some shitty poplar that I had lying around, but I can see the improvement and am getting quite a bit more comfortable with my tools. Poplar tears out really easily, but I think I understand why grain orientation is important now.

Someone’s getting 45% less bowl for Christmas.

Shaped with reinforced spindle gouges from Wiedemann, hollowed using Simon Hope hollowing tools (Pro Carbide Tool 6mm, Mini carbide set 6mm and midi 8mm carbide tool.)

It’s been a fun few days in the shop. I may make a couple hundred of these this year at this rate.

Hey all! Beginnerish here, but I've watched a ton of videos about wood turning. I'm using an OLD rockwell Delta 46-525. It works well though. I'd like to do small piece multi axis spindles. I am looking for equipment recommendations for drivers and live centers. I have a live center on it now, but I'm not sure if I just pop it out and put in a drive center or if there's some intermediary piece needed.

This is a pen and pen holder i made. The body is turned from Jarrah salvaged from the decks of the SS Great Britain, with a brass and stainless core. The base is brass, Jarrah, and petrified wood. More pics on my insta, #firstnewt

18cm square, about 1cm thick at the end, and did two different bases. Finished w linseed & beeswax.

This is a piece of root burl from a fig tree. This piece had a pretty gnarly crack running almost all the way through it. I started turning it and then realized (once I roughed it out) that the side I was planning to make the bottom was more interesting. I love the variation in the color.

The top pencil is cocobolo, and the bottom is a Maple burl. This evening was definitely a learning experience.

I recently got into wood turning and want to make a good gift for my wife. Has anyone worked with or seen some kind of makeup brush project kit? I’ve looked around and have only seen the pen, pizza cutter, ornament, and other turning project kits. Not sure where to start with this since I’m new. Any help would be appreciated

I got this Monkey Puzzle wood from our local clubs (Seattle Woodturners) “wood rats” activity we had about 6 months ago. It was dead standing and the tree service said that it had already lost the majority of its natural water. Because of that, and the nature of it being an end grain turning, it didn’t warp much after I turned it. I went directly to the thickness you see in the video.

It’s about 1/4” thick and 16” in diameter at its
Widest. Such a neat material with the way the branches grow so uniformly on the trunk.

What’s a fun, “new to you” wood you have turned recently?

Hello all,
I’m looking to find a quality lathe for my dad. He is a lifelong carpenter who has quite literally worked his body longer and harder than he should have. Always to support my brothers and I and our mom. Oof, anyway, it’s hard to not get sentimental. In the last few years he has really become less and less able to do the big stuff (and god damnit he still tries) and he has wanted to try his hand at turning. Hopefully a LOT less abusive to ones body. As far as tools he falls somewhere in the middle of high end- forever quality and middle of the spectrum quality and affordability. So he’d never spend multiple mortgage payments on a tool but he abhors the throwaway junk that is passed off as quality because it carries a brand name that used to mean quality. (I really don’t know how to be succinct with words, sorry). He was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer and while his doctor is quite optimistic and it’s far from the worst, it has really shook him and clarified what is important. He deserves to make beautiful things for the sake of joy rather than work. I’d really like to give this to him.

I’d like any and all advice on buying something he would approve of, maybe better than he’d get for himself? Used (well maintained- no mystery abuse) is absolutely acceptable. But that does necessitate a bit more knowledge than I have. Brands? Models? Besides the actual lathe what do I need to get for him? What questions do I not even know to ask?

We are in central to southeast Ohio.
Thank you in advance for any advice you share, so very appreciated.

I got an early start on making trees this year.

Maple from a while back. Coyote for scale.

I think it might come in really handy as a layout tool but I am hesitant to pay $50. Does anyone have any experience with it? What are your thoughts on being able to quickly make fractional measurements without caring what the actual measurement is?

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