Mulberry

I've turned a lot of mulberry, found it to be a very pretty wood and fun to turn. YMMV.

Dave in Fairfax

I turned a peppermill and some vases with glass inserts from mulberry limbs, it definitely had a green color that I found unique. Nice wood to work with, not too hard not too soft. Not the most stable wood though.

Try buckthorn, it's bright orange color is a knockout and it's got pretty grain as well.

Ken

Is that "buckthorn" the same as osage orange, also known locally as Bois de Arc?

Buckthorn is an imported bush that is spread by birds eating the berries and is in danger of taking over in some areas. The land behind me is regularly cleared by the Scouts. The wood is hard, turns well, has great grain and splits while look ing at it. It is definately worth trying and is definately not Mulberry Greg

Joe, The Mulberry that grows here in New Mexico is a delight to turn. It is bright yellow, and unlike some other yellow woods such as Osage Orange, our Mulberry does not turn brown any time soon. I can't tell the difference in color in things I turned over a year ago and the things I am turning now from logs. It's a nice change from brown or light- colored woods.

Just make sure you turn it "sloe." ;-)

(sorry, couldn't resist the pun)

-Jim Gott- San Jose, CA

"Just the facts, ma'am"--