Recommended for experienced turners.
Bradford pear wood turning.
Bradford pear wood has a deep rich color with lighter areas of contrast.
Some of the tools used are.
The simple lines make it elegant while the lip and the cascading design of the turning adds more interest to its appearance.
All around a special little bowl.
I have done a lot of reading about drying green wood and have read that drying the wood is 80 and turning the wood is 20 of your effort.
Bradford pear is a common ornamental tree in the eastern united states which also produces an excellent turning wood for bowl making on the wood lathe wood turning pens.
The tree was cut down several years ago after suffering some storm damage but it had great significanc.
Sands to a high lustre finishes easily and is stable when dried.
Cutting requires sharp tools.
Turning wet bradford pear i recently cut down a bradford pear tree from my yard and essentially used it as an excuse to buy a turning lathe something i always thought would be fun.
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This species is hard.
Grain can be straight or wavy.
A friend commissioned me to turn a bradford pear log.