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Turning Terminalia Catappa

By tvsony42, member Aug 05, 2009

Theese are some bowls turned out of a beautiful and yellowish coloured wood of a tree that we call “Amendoeira”. This is a very common tree that grows beautifully on all the brazilian coast. I fortunately found three logs of a tree that was recently cut, and had the opportunity to discover how good it is to be turned, mainly when it´s green. I´m affraid that the photos do not pay the real value that wood has. I´m a seven month amateur turner and woodworker.

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Comments

applewax | Aug 07, 2009 05:27pm | #1
Nice work! I love the edge carving in the 2nd photo. What did you use? (i.e., carved by hand, or Dremel tool, etc.)

Thanks for sharing!
tvsony42 | Aug 10, 2009 10:46pm | #2
Hi applewax,
Thanks for your kind comment.
In the 2nd photo, I carved the bowl by hand, using a V shaped chisel and applied a pyrography burning with a Dremel pyrographer (butane). To center the carvings to the radius of the bowl I used a homemade centerfinder. If you want more details, I´ll very glad to describe.

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