Mulberry: To turn or not to turn

I have turned Hackberry but not Mulberry. The Hackberry turned fine. My limited experience tells me that if it is wood, it can be turned. I will be interested in what other jocks have to say.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

I’ve seen a few small pieces made out of Mulberry. Very pretty.

And besides, how can you turn down free wood? Every so often someone around here cuts down a Walnut tree – you limb it, cut it, load it, haul it, mill it, dry it, and rake the twigs out of their yard and they’ll let you have it for the low, low price of $400.

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Well, we don’t see very many Walnut trees in Florida, I WISH.

I had no intention of turning it down, I’m not that senile! :)

Does it hold it’s color or does it fade with exposure to UV like many species? Just questions that rattle around my brain.

-- Chris

I’ve turned red mulberry and it was very nice to turn. I guess that it is more yellow than regular mulberry. I don’t have any finished pictures handy (if I find them, I’ll post them). But this is of a block that I have waiting to turn.

I turned the block square into a square edged bowl and added 4 small legs turned from red heart. I forgot to photograph it before I gave it away. But they sent me a couple prints. I’ll look for them and scan/post them.

-- Charlie in TN, looking for his tools...

Thanks Charlie….

-- Chris