Eucalyptus platter

i’ve never turned Eucalyptus. how was it to spin? good looking project.. your right about the grain

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Jeff It’s a great looking platter. Nice job.

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Beautiful grain, nice platter. The worm/beetle holes often add a nice depth to projects like this.

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John, this piece of Eucalyptus was dry and turned easily.

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It’s neat to see such a big turning in Euc. I lucked into a tree that fell over in a nearby neighborhood here in LA, and have found the wood to be very easy to turn, very hard, and beautiful inside. Looks like we got different species. Yours almost has an oak look.

I put up a bunch of pics of the tree and my amateur cup turning in 3 parts, here, here, and here, if you want to compare the woods. There are 12 known boring bugs in the Eucs in California. 1/4 of all insect life in Australia is under the bark of the endless supply of Eucalyptus trees there, often 100k bugs per tree. My tree was thoroughly infested with Eucalyptus Longhorned Borers. They sure made for some neat looking carvings.

Beautiful plate! Thanks for sharing.

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The neat thing about turning bug infested wood is instant protein! Guess it gives you energy when you turn.

-- Dale

Great Job

-- Jim, Kentucky