Madrone Bowl

Man, thats some sweet looking stuff. I see from your profile pic that you also have excellent taste in chainsaws!

-- Scott, South Carolina

Nice turning work. Never come across this wood, its beautiful.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

Nice piece. I have bought some madrone from you but my work never looked like that. I did not finish mine in one turning session and by the next day it was warped too bad to save.

-- We are the people our parents warned us about.

Gorgeous piece, and fantastic wood. Very well done.

-- Mike, American in Norway

Beautiful bowl! Can you turn wood that’s not green to keep from warping? Although the warping does create an interesting shape.

I’ve made several canes with the Madrone Burl and they are quite interesting grained wood and strong.

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe

Madrone can be a hell of a wood but if you plan it could be very unique pieces ,look in the web fr exmples of the works on it

-- peruturner,lima peru

Well done. Gorgeous wood.

Very cool one of a kind

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Fantastic turning. I like the live edge and the way the piece moves. Fantastic grain and color in that madrone.

Allways great to spend time in the shop with the kids. Love it when my daughter gets the chance to work with me.

Keep it up.

Scrappy

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

That wood is definitely unique and very well done.

A really beautiful piece. Very unusual color

-- Bill Roberts -- Steal one idea it's called plagerism. Steal a bunch - it's called research

Beautiful work. I share your frustration working with Madrone, have had success by either completely turning the wet/green piece and boiling in water for 1/2 hour let cool and dry in a paperbag, sand after dry and finish as usual, or have started the rough in a vacume kiln and then turn to completion.