Bradford Pear Wood Turning

Wood is typically light orange or light pink in color.

Bradford pear wood turning.

Grain can be straight or wavy. Bradford pear wood has a deep rich color with lighter areas of contrast. The tree was cut down several years ago after suffering some storm damage but it had great significanc. All around a special little bowl.

A friend commissioned me to turn a bradford pear log. 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. The simple lines make it elegant while the lip and the cascading design of the turning adds more interest to its appearance. Hurricane cpm 10v bowl gouges hurricane htc100 woodturning chuck robust american beauty lathe.

Cutting requires sharp tools. Recommended for experienced turners. This particular piece is special in that it has areas of spalting which adds to the beauty of any piece of wood. 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.

Some of the tools used are. This species is hard.