5 minutes ago, HandyDan said:

Nice John.  Your first firewood treasure.  Many more are hidden there and also in the piles of family and friends.  They will never miss it.

Thanks Dan, my next one I'll split in half, and turn perpendicular to the grain, the one above was turned as a small log section, with the pith at the lathe center. That pith was really hard, and cracked, so it gave me some challenges.

25 minutes ago, Stick486 said:

I can see the shortage of firewood on the horizon...

you guys are gonna be hoarding it all so you can turn it into works of art like yours...

I only burn through a chord a year Stick, and now plus a dozen logs for turning, I'd really be worried about our mid-west friends!

I can only imagine you probably go through 30 chords up where you live Stick! Or do you use pellets, oil or?

1 hour ago, John Moody said:

John, as Steve said, Spalted Maple gives some much of a different look.

I love the spalted for sure John, those turned out awesome, and thanks for the kudos. That cherry one has some really nice deep rich color, and patina by now I imagine.

I let a friend of mine split and store firewood at the rear of my lot.  He then sells it.  I know, I could think of much better ways to spend my time but he likes doing it.  Murmurs something about better than being home.  I then have an endless supply and many species to choose from.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now that there is a nice pile of wood Dan, and you can't beat the labor to get it split. Do have any idea what is in there? Just out of curiosity?

Great looking bowls - I love to see stuff turned from spalted wood, it has so much character!

Maple, and a lot of it.

 

 

Pear, only once so far.

 

 

Those were the only two I had pictures of.  Most common in addition to the Maple there is White Oak, Red Oak, and a lot of Cherry.  I have had Locust and Osage orange too.  Beech is also common and since all the Ash trees are dead or dying there is a flood of it.  Just about anything local has gone through there.  He does this as a side job and I also have access to a dumping yard fed by a full time tree service but don't often feel the need to go there.  It is behind a friends machine shop and is split and used for firewood by his friends.  The machine shop owner alerts me to any exotics which have yielded some nice Black walnut.

 

This bowl came from a root ball I salvaged.

 

 

 

Superlative Bowl from the root ball Dan!

Excellent bowl Dan! You make it look so easy!

13 hours ago, Steve Krumanaker said:

 

John, I had been seriously turning for fun maybe about a year and I decided I wanted to learn how to use a skew chisel. It just happened that we'd had a sycamore tree taken down a couple years before that. I went out to my wood pile and got a piece to play with. This is the result. To this day, one of the prettiest pieces I've done IMO. It literally was firewood and I burned a ton of it before I realized what a treasure it is. 

 

Steve

 

 

 

 

That is such as awesome piece. I love spalted turning. That each have their own character and uniqueness.

 

Excellent!

14 hours ago, John Morris said:

Here is my firewood bowl I turned today after posting this topic. Just couldn't wait to dive in. It's about 5" diameter, I think, I did not measure it.

Good use of FREE wood. Like everyone said unless you are allergic all wood is good to try. Easiest to turn for me cherry, walnut, osage orange, bradford pear (abundant and actually turns better than cherry), red bud turns well. To avoid is Royal Paulina, it is the fastest growing tree in the world, turns like a weed and weight is about like a sheet of paper, shreds and sanding is the only way to get them out.

On that abundant eucalyptus .....send me some. A friend in south MS gave me a piece and I turned but not to finish . Wrapped in a plastic bag to get back to. Did not open the bag nor move it and the wood spalted on one side. So this is my Half&Half bowl.

 

Very Good Looking there, Gerald

Thanks  Kelly . This was some of my early hollow forms.

Very nice indeed!  I plan to start turning with a lathe I inherited a year or so ago but don't have the time or space right now.  You mentioned you have access to a bunch of Eucalyptus and I'm wondering if you're turned anything out it yet?  I have access to about 5 acres of standing trees all planted on 8' centers so everything is tall and fairly straight.  Most is about 12-14" in diameter and I'm wanting to do more with it than turn it into firewood-but that's what we planted it for.  Randy.

Beautiful forms gents, just awesome.

18 hours ago, randyman57@hotmail.com said:

 I have access to about 5 acres of standing trees all planted on 8' centers so everything is tall and fairly straight.

You guys with your property kill me, how cool is that?

And my mid-west buddies here, what's with the green lush vegetation on your property, @HandyDan! We can only dream of that here in SO CAL. No rain for 9 months!

23 hours ago, HandyDan said:

Maple, and a lot of it.

 

 

Pear, only once so far.

 

 

Those were the only two I had pictures of.  Most common in addition to the Maple there is White Oak, Red Oak, and a lot of Cherry.  I have had Locust and Osage orange too.  Beech is also common and since all the Ash trees are dead or dying there is a flood of it.  Just about anything local has gone through there.  He does this as a side job and I also have access to a dumping yard fed by a full time tree service but don't often feel the need to go there.  It is behind a friends machine shop and is split and used for firewood by his friends.  The machine shop owner alerts me to any exotics which have yielded some nice Black walnut.

 

This bowl came from a root ball I salvaged.

 

 

 

OH my!!!!

I am so outclassed ....WHEW!!!

you guys are good...