cherry

My neighbor is cutting several trees at the back of his lot. One is some type of cherry which I'm going to pick up a few pieces- love to turn cherry. The other has a real light wood which he said was hackberry. Worth drying and turning? Thanks.

Finally got around to turning something besides pens and bee hives. This is cherry that was cut about 5 or 6 years ago. Got some tool marks inside and outside as I jockeyed back and forth between centers and the chuck. Figured out how to part it without the piece flying into the Netherworld. A...

I was working to turn a goblet or something to take to my chapter meeting. I noticed what was either a hairline crack or dark grain in a piece of cherry. I started turning and realized I didn't have my face shield on. In one minute or less, it was a crack and a piece about the size of a quarter...

Wasn't in the mood to turn yesterday but set up the grinder and the Wolverine setup. Went through all my tools and sharpened them. Today I did some turning for practice. Makes a big difference! I turned some small tree limbs and some square pieces with the roughing gouge. I decided to try the...

Left to right: American Black Walnut, Spalted Maple and Cherry

Cherry with greek key burned into the rim. 12" diameter

Cherry Wood Live Edge Bowl, 7 1/2" x 6"

Frustrated, to say the least. Started with a piece of cherry to make a lidded box which became a design modification ending up as a practice piece. I have the Wolverine system and Vari-Grind and Rikon grinder. I tried to grind a Benjamin's Best bowl gouge to an Irish grind; off a video. Worked...

Navajo legend says that a deity carries the sun across the sky on his back and then hangs it on a peg to cool off. After it is no longer glowing he carries it back east during the night. I apologize for the bad iPad picture. Hopefully, I will have a chance to get a better picture before it is...

I'm playing around with a piece of cherry about 2 inches in diameter, 5 inches long in a SuperNova2 chuck. I'm turning end grain with a 3/8" Benjamin's Best bowl gouge. I have the tool rest set at 90 degrees to the bed. When I start the cut, outside to inside, I hear/feel vibration. I...

Group shot of ebonized cherry pieces.

Offset detail on ebonized cherry stool. 11" seat x 18" high. Through wedged tenons and brass cross pins.

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Our turning chapter had a Turn-&-Learn session with mentors and newbies like me. Learned a lot and need to get turning! Anyway......a member had several pieces of cherry he was giving away. I got three pieces and put them in my van. I forgot about them (senior moment?) and got them out...

A group of boxes I made for my wife and children. The front and right ones were inspired by the vision of a U.S. sailor wearing a "Dixie Cup" hat and dungarees. The left one is my first attempt at a sphere box and the back my first attempt at a deep box. They vary in size from...

This lamp is made from a wild cherry tree which I felled & seasoned myself. It is inside out turned & is finished with wax.

This summer the projects with the building and landscaping are without end. I want to keep practicing on the hollowing techniques this summer when possible so when winter arrives I havent forgotten how to do it. I had a chance when weather would not permit outside work to finish this little...

first time cutting a rough nat. edge bowl.

seven inch bowl made with black cherry with nat. checks and a burn

Cherry Burl 18" natural edge bowl turned by Bill Collison