Cored Bowl Blanks

[Tony Perelli]

Im interested in purchasing a few large cored and dried bowl blanks from US hardwoods. I know Mike Mahoney occasionally sells these and Alexander Designs too, neither have anything available at the moment. Nice walnut, maple, cherry, koa would all be a treat to turn. Large, like big salad bowl, 14" or so??
Are there other sources for these? Living in Alaska my choice of hardwoods is limited and buying cored/dried saves on shipping and feels like a safer bet for checking etc.
Thanks for any help!

 

[Brian Gustin]

I believe there are some specialty sites that do bowl blanks - Cook Woods, C.R. Muterspaw, Bell Forest Products to name three that come to mind I have gotten turning blanks from Bell and Muterspaw (I got a lumber pack of 12/4 black walnut from Muterspaw, and cut out a couple squares and turned bowls from them, the rest of the lumber was for a project, but they do also have bowl blanks)

 

[Peter D'Attomo]

Woodbarter.com

 

[Michael Anderson]

I haven’t bought from them, but Kirk DeHeer and his son run A Cut Above Bowl Co. and they sell a lot of really nice looking nested blank sets and individual bowls. I’m sure they’re top quality.

Contact Us — A Cut Above Bowl Co.

Premium Roughed Out Nested Bowl Cores for Woodturners

www.acutabovebowlco.com

 

[Tony Perelli]

I haven’t bought from them, but Kirk DeHeer and his son run A Cut Above Bowl Co. and they sell a lot of really nice looking nested blank sets and individual bowls. I’m sure they’re top quality.

Contact Us — A Cut Above Bowl Co.

Premium Roughed Out Nested Bowl Cores for Woodturners

www.acutabovebowlco.com

Great thanks Michael - I knew there were more options but couldn't find them. Thanks!

 

[Aaron Harris]

Just an update to this thread-Scott Alexander has been really posting a lot of great kiln-dried cores in the woods listed above common to his region of Pennsylvania, including some really huge ones, nested sets, etc. I order a few from him on occasion. They are reasonably priced, perfectly dry to turn, and shipped fast and secured (and he generally tosses in a smaller freebie). Some of my best large bowls have come from Scott's cores, and he is a super-nice guy to deal with. Highly recommended!

Cored Bowl Blanks from AlexanderDesigns

 

[Alan Weinberg]

Just an update to this thread-Scott Alexander has been really posting a lot of great kiln-dried cores in the woods listed above common to his region of Pennsylvania, including some really huge ones, nested sets, etc. I order a few from him on occasion. They are reasonably priced, perfectly dry to turn, and shipped fast and secured (and he generally tosses in a smaller freebie). Some of my best large bowls have come from Scott's cores, and he is a super-nice guy to deal with. Highly recommended!
https://alexanderdesigns.us/collections/bowl-blanks

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[Asher Langton]

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That address works for me when I copy-paste it. For some reason, the forum software seems to mess up the link.

 

[Michael Anderson]

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I just went into the post and fixed the link. The URL and displayed text were switched around. Everything should work now.

 

[Alan Weinberg]

I’m not sure I understand the fun when someone else has turned the blank for you. Doesn’t it kind of limit what you can turn?

Michael—link works—thanks.