Thread: Some pretty old maple

Finally turned one out! Made a little soap dish to go along with it too. The maple was reclaimed after becoming obsolete as a cable raceway. Glad to keep it in service.

A good thing indeed & a nice set,,,Thanks for sharing it,,,

Nice job. Great re-purposing.

Very nice set.

Wish I could turn bowls................That is a nice setup, you just need a puck of soap to stick in there

Look at you!!
You are lookin like a pro now Scott!!
Awesome job!!

Ray

Thanks guys! The wood was given to me by a gentleman I met last weekend. He had a complete woodshop behind his house and helped me mill the exotics. He gave me a few decent chunks that he had left over from making his dining room table.

One thing that I always watch for are shipping crates. Where I work we have items shipped in from all over the wourld.
Sometimes the crate or skid materials are awesome stuff. mostly not though!!

Ray

Fire wood. I've turned bowls from a lot of different species that were suppose to be burned. Maple, cherry, ash, elm, honey locust, and even Osage orange. You can fined beautiful wood in your neighbors wood pile!

Nice repurposing of wood shown here. You did a great job on both the brush and the bowl!

Originally Posted by Trimmy72

Wish I could turn bowls................That is a nice setup, you just need a puck of soap to stick in there

Turning bowls isn't too hard. Between the vast amount of knowledge here and watching the heck out of YouTube you can learn quite a lot. There was a lot of waste from the bowl started out with a 4x4x3 piece. You could call it an accidental soap dish haha. I'd say the hardest part is getting exactley what you started out to make.