Turning Chinaberry

I don’t do turning yet, but have used Chinaberry for boxes and a couple of other small items.

As you say it’s stringy. It also seems to take forever to sand to smoothness for finishing.

What I cut out of our tree didn’t take long to dry at 6/4 -8/4 by 6×18. Maybe a couple of months and it was down to 6-10% MC.

I doubt if this helps you, but it’s all I got.

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How long depends on a lot of factors. I add some sawdust to the bag and change it a couple times the first month. I don’t know if it helps or not. A fair guess is like Dallas says, a couple months.

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This is the first time I have tried the paper bag to dry a bowl so I was courious.

Hunter did you use dry sawdust or shavings from the turning?

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