palm

Royal Poinciana and Black/Red Palm

Does anyone else have problems turning black palm? I keep my tools sharp and take slow cuts, but it seems to always chip out where the black parts of the wood are at..... Would it be better to stabilize the wood first?

Hi all, this is phoenix palm from my area on a PSI Gatsby click kit - CA finish: This is one of the most difficult material i've been turning (after yucca maybe) - it needs tons of CA to hold up and to be honest i didn't even dare try to cut it with the usual tools, i essentially slowly...

My wife is avid coffee drinker, so I decided to try my hand at a coffee bean blank. I thought a Black Palm blank I had would be a good match. I've never turned either of these before. Both turned out to be quite a challenge, but CA glue stabilization and a light touch won out in the end...