Let the Wood Turning Begin

Another busy weekend in the workshop. I prepped these blanks ready to start a big run of wood turned items. These will become salad servers, cake lifts, ice cream scoops, pizza cutters and a range of different knife handles.

Turning blanks including Spotted Gum, Norfolk Pine and Black Wattle

Wood turning is something I’m relatively new at, but certainly enjoy the process. Most satisfying is the ability to take a blank and turn it into a finished product so quickly. It’s also a great way to show off the grain and variety across different timbers, with one of my favourite being Hairy Oak. Shown below is a bottle stopper I turned last year in Hairy Oak. Its such a beautiful timber ranging from deep browns to light pinks. It’s a timber I wish I had a lot more of!

Hairy Oak…look at those stripes!