Recent content by mike-bolton

Thanks kim and everyone else who has chipped in (pun intended). I'm by no means an experienced turner, ive only been at it a couple of months so I've still got a lot to learn but after posting this thread I've certainly learnt a thing or two about yew and laburnum thats for sure Thanks again :D

Hi, Those last three pics are the same wood as the one made from the goblet and trinket box

More pics of the same variety of the first log but with better bark pattern. Thanks bob I'll give it a go next time I can't do too many things at the moment as I'm using a tablet tethered to my phone so as you can imagine its not ideal as I only have a set amount of data usage

Yeh i know the pics are not very good I tried uploading the with an iPhone the first time but it wouldn't upload as the size was too big even after cropping the image so I had to use my phone which the quality is not as good but kept the size low enough to upload them

Hi, Been through the box of wood again and come across a couple of logs that have different bark on them compared to the others

Well the debate is over I've been in contact with the seller and it seem the mysterious logs are actually laburnum, so well done jurriaan that was spot on

Hi Graham, Yeh i think your right, ive just been looking online to see if i could find out what it was and it looks a lot like a banksia pod. Any ideas what to do with it?

Hi, The fella i bought the lathe off had it listed as an ex demo lathe and had never really used it since he bought it, so im guessing the wood had been sat in the box for some time. Ive had a look through the box and theres plenty of odds and sods, some wood labeled ovangkol, various sized...

Hi, The logs are fairy heavy for there size and fairly hard, easy to cut but tended to heat my chisel up a bit but that may be due to a dull edge, as for smell it didnt.

More pics of the unknown wood in this csse a little trinket box

Finally! In log form before turning

Hi, thank for all the comments, I've took photos of the logs with the bark but I can't upload them it keeps saying the pic is to big so I'll have to leave it for know and see if I can sort it out another time

Here's one with flash so its a bit brighter, I'll try and get some of the logs tomorrow

Thanks for replies, I've never turned yew or elm so I dont really know what the difference's are yet. Up until now I've mainly only turned wet birch and oak as I've never had access to any dry wood

Hi, I finally got round to buying a new lathe well second hand after countless problems with the first one I had, its a sip 01360 with a swivel head and I gotta say its a dream to turn with, it also came with a box of logs and bowl blanks which was a bonus and leads me to my question. After...