I just added the third canister I was working on, and a rowan salad bowl to the album at:
Turned a walnut burl closed form, with a rowan lid. The lid has some nice fiddleback figure in it. The finish is drying now. Hope to post some photos later in the week.
...Kevin
The canisters all look really good, and I like a sturdy bowl. I am working my way through some nice sycamore but never saw any rowan in person.
Sycamore is nice. I'm not sure what I have laying around right now but if I can find some rowan blanks would you be interested in a swap?
Outside we have 2' of snow so finding any there isn't too likely but I may have some smaller pieces in the shop, I'm not too sure - I'll have to look around but there may be something out there.
Rowan is a common decorative tree up here. Don't know about where you are. It has bright red berries in late summer and is a really pretty tree when they come out. Unfortunately, it's a very wet tree so usually suffers from heart rot when the tree gets to any size. But there's always some sound wood in it...
...Kevin
Sure, a swap sounds good. I've got loads of smaller blanks and only Sweetgum, Sycamore and cedar in larger blanks. I turn on an expanding bowl chuck, so all my blanks have the dovetail recess and are dry enough to turn.
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