Turning Pecan-crete

[woodwish]

Spent part of the week turning several platters made from pecan with walnut accents. Made 4 of them so far. Love to make them but that pecan is so &%$@# hard I spend as much time sharpening tools as using them. This one is about 16" across, max my Jet 1642 will handle. I also finished gluing up one tonight made from walnut and maple, should be much easier to turn than this brick-like stuff this one is made of.

 

[DWK5150]

Pretty sharpe. Looks good.

 

[TomServo]

Very nice! I love pecan... any chance you've got some leftover bowl blank size pieces? say 8x8x6"?

That walnut should be like turning butter after the pecan-crete!

 

[woodwish]

Tom- Unfortunalty when I found all this pecan it had been rough cut to 4/4 years ago after Hurrican Opal in the early 90's. A guy I chanced to meet had several thousand board feet in a garage he needed cleaned out so he could park his two Harley's. He was going to burn it so I took it off his hands, being the nice guy that I am [] Problem is that it is so hard but I am drawn to using it, made all kinds of stuff but the pile has not decreased much. Here is 8" platter I made from it also-

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[dubdrvrkev]

Very nice, I want to try some place settings after I get a big enough lathe to handle it.

 

[Doghouse]

Pecan is know as Southern Hickory. Now you know why.[]

You should try a couple of walking sticks. It has a great shock absorption factor so it is comfortable, and strong vs thickness.