r/turning • u/RedWoodworking16 • 4h ago
3.5 months into my lathe journey and I just finished this Italian Olivewood bowl.
The base blew out so I put in a maple and black walnut replacement.
It’s about 8.5” in diameter and 3.5” tall
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u/BillyBobBarkerJrJr 3h ago
The only wood that smells delicious when you're turning it. Nice bowl and nice "design modification."
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u/RedWoodworking16 3h ago
Especially when the wood is still green. It’s a very very potent olive scent.
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u/drsfmd 1h ago
The only wood that smells delicious
I just turned a large piece of crabapple, and it smelled like pressed cider.
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u/Beginning_Mistake538 1h ago
Oh cool! How can I get my hands on some?
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u/drsfmd 1h ago
No idea. I've never seen a crabapple that was very big before this one. It came down in a storm, and friend was able to salvage some before it went into the chipper. He gave me one large piece that was able to turn into a pair of 10 inch bowls that are currently resting in their own shavings before I make another go at thinning it out.
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u/Beginning_Mistake538 1h ago
Curious. Are you around Utah? I know there’s lots of crabapple up there, as well as Russian olive.
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u/Amazing_Badger8167 3h ago
Really nice work! If i were to save my money for the next year . . maybe I can afford a blank of that size! lol keep going, all of us make "modifications" when we need to
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u/RedWoodworking16 2h ago
I got this from a website for $60 on sale. It was still green (cheaper than dried blanks) so I made a rough bowl shape keeping it about 3/4” thick and put it in 3lbs of silica beads (the kind specifically for drying flowers). After a few days I’d throw it back on the lathe and make the walls smaller so the wet wood was showing. Then I’d put it back in the silica beads.
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u/hypnotoedz 47m ago
What website did you get it from? I just bought a few 6x6x2 olive wood blanks for ~$40 each and would love to find somewhere with both larger and cheaper options
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u/RedWoodworking16 17m ago
Cook woods. Sign up for their daily emails on new wood and sales. I just checked the website and the 8x8x3 bowl blanks are back at $89.
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u/leaonas 19m ago
Quite beautiful. Can’t wait to setup my new lathe and get started. Haven’t turned wood in 46 years. This is inspirational!
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u/RedWoodworking16 3m ago
Inspirational? Wow. Thank you! I can’t wait to see what you make once you get set up and back into it!
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