Sycamore , Spaulted

[Gerald Lawrence]

This bowl was sold before I turned . The spaulted Sycamore had been in my wood pile since last fall. Started out about 23 inch and had to cut down to get on the lathe. Finished about 17 inch. I did not notice the crack to be severe when I started. After drying the crack opened up and warped , making for an interesting finish turn. The Inlace Turquoise came in handy for a filler.

 

[John Torchick]

Good idea to take care of the crack and making a great turning look even better. I have some sycamore logs sitting in the garage. Need to see what I can do with them.

 

[joe marra]

This bowl was sold before I turned . The spaulted Sycamore had been in my wood pile since last fall. Started out about 23 inch and had to cut down to get on the lathe. Finished about 17 inch. I did not notice the crack to be severe when I started. After drying the crack opened up and warped , making for an interesting finish turn. The Inlace Turquoise came in handy for a filler.

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Any good sources for Turquoise, interested in trying it on a project. Thanks.

 

[joe marra]

This bowl was sold before I turned . The spaulted Sycamore had been in my wood pile since last fall. Started out about 23 inch and had to cut down to get on the lathe. Finished about 17 inch. I did not notice the crack to be severe when I started. After drying the crack opened up and warped , making for an interesting finish turn. The Inlace Turquoise came in handy for a filler.

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Any good sources for Turquoise, interested in trying it on a project. Thanks.

 

[Bill Boehme]

Any good sources for Turquoise, interested in trying it on a project. Thanks.

Inlace turquoise is an imitation plastic turquoise in clear resin. On the other hand, if you use real turquoise, make sure that it is submerged in whatever resin you use so that you don't hit it with a turning tool. Real turquoise will dull any turning tool in the blink of an eye and that includes carbide. I was able to use a silicon carbide saw blade used for cutting tile to grind down the turquoise in a platter that I made, but it took a LOT of hours of hard work.

I have some real turquoise in various grades, but I save it for special purposes since it is quite expensive.

 

[Gretch Flo]

Any good sources for Turquoise, interested in trying it on a project. Thanks.

Craft supply USA has "crushed stone powder", or "crushed stone inlay", including turquoise which I use in some of my cracked bowls. $8.50 for 1 oz. I assume it is real turquoise. Gretch