Pole Lathe bowl Turning thread anyone??

[Thom Noonan]

Spalted Beech

[Thom Noonan]

Not sure on species for this one. Rescued from the chipper 

[Thom Noonan]

Spalted Birch

[Thom Noonan]

[nepia]

Loving those bowls Thom!   The ones near the bottom of the pics with the green blobs and streaks - sycamore or holly?

Good to see someone using elder instead of rubbishing it but as a turning wood - well, won't it pull itself to pieces as it dries further?  It's a very wet wood when green

[devon TWiG]

That's a lot of bowls !!...Greenwood working , esp spooncarving seems to be a bit of a cult thing nowadays , we are in the perfect job for getting nice wood ..👍

[AJStrees]

Great work. He's been busy carving by the looks! 👍

[Thom Noonan]

6 hours ago, nepia said:

Loving those bowls Thom!   The ones near the bottom of the pics with the green blobs and streaks - sycamore or holly?

Good to see someone using elder instead of rubbishing it but as a turning wood - well, won't it pull itself to pieces as it dries further?  It's a very wet wood when green

Tar mate, Holly, good eye. Found the Elder super easy to turn and generally nice to work with. It warps like crazy once its dried out though. Can't see it in the photos but the biggest bowl has quite a few holes and cracks in it. Smaller ones turned out okay.

[Thom Noonan]

3 hours ago, AJStrees said:

Great work. He's been busy carving by the looks! 👍

Cheers pal 

[Pete Mctree]

Looking good Thom - glad you are still making them 👍