Just spoke to the supplier of the logs and he says it's Purple cherry plum sometimes called Purple leaf plum.
Anyway thanks for all the input
Regards
Gaz
Thanks for all the replies- logs are all sealed and I'll put them in plastic bags ready for when I get my lathe back ( but that's another story)
Never seen cherry like that before so can't wait to get going on it
Thanks again all
Gaz
Hi all, had a couple of bowls that were too big to fit in my cole jaws so I did a bit of a mod
Quite happy with the result but think I will replace the pan head bolts with countersink ones eventually
It only give me an inch or so but it was just enough to finish the two oak bowls with out...
thanks for all the kind comments chaps, did wonder myself if it was ash, can't remember what the bark was like its been drying in the garage for about 18 months.
Hi all, haven't posted for a while so I thought I'd put this up
Its ash about 200 dia and about 180 deep wall thickness is 12
finished with just sanding sealer and then buffed with the beale buffing system
comments welcome hope you like it
Thanks for that at least I know what it is now,got a fair bit to play with. will post some pic's when I get something finished but that won't be for a while, it's soaking wet at the moment so I'll seal them and dry them in the garage for a few months.
Hi all, not sure whats wood this is.
I think the tree was probably dead or dying when it was felled as the bark was falling off and I have found traces of wood worm in the items I turned from it
As you can see it turns well and there are some interesting colours in the wood (it smells a bit...
Thanks for the quick response chaps.
CHJ-all my tools are HSS and I used pva sealer but I was doing some grinding in the shed last week so there could have been some contamination thanks for your comments.
Wiser-yes I will store it now for a good few months and I'm sure it will turn out.i've got...
Hi all, I wet turned this oak bowl last night and when I came back to it today too see if this sealer had dried I notice its turned a purple colour.
I also noticed the tools I had been using have got slightly stained as well.Is this the tannin in the wood? and how do I avoid it or do you...