Bradford Pear Wood Turning

This 25 minute hd video shows how to turn a small bowl on a wood lathe.

Bradford pear wood turning.

This species is hard. I have done a lot of reading about drying green wood and have read that drying the wood is 80 and turning the wood is 20 of your effort. Wood is typically light orange or light pink in color. Grain can be straight or wavy.

Hurricane cpm 10v bowl gouges hurricane htc100 woodturning chuck robust american beauty lathe. Recommended for experienced turners. Bradford pear is a common ornamental tree in the eastern united states which also produces an excellent turning wood for bowl making on the wood lathe wood turning pens. A friend commissioned me to turn a bradford pear log.

The tree was cut down several years ago after suffering some storm damage but it had great significanc. This particular piece is special in that it has areas of spalting which adds to the beauty of any piece of wood. The simple lines make it elegant while the lip and the cascading design of the turning adds more interest to its appearance. Bradford pear wood has a deep rich color with lighter areas of contrast.

Sands to a high lustre finishes easily and is stable when dried. Turning wet bradford pear i recently cut down a bradford pear tree from my yard and essentially used it as an excuse to buy a turning lathe something i always thought would be fun.