I’m trying to find any wood turners in the Portland Oregon area who might want to purchase some of it. It’s also black light reactive. Which is awesome.

Turned my second bowl yesterday from green walnut. It's about 3/4 inch thick and I've currently got it in a brown bag with shavings. How long would you expect to leave it in the bag before finishing to avoid any significant cracking? What would the ideal moisture content be for it's safe to finish state? Thanks all!

I'm a beginner and just bought a nova g3. I feel like there was a little runout to begin with, about .004, I had some bad catches but I. Afraid I'm going to ruin it. I think the runout now is .006. I dont know if it's runout or wobble or what but it can be frustrating working towards the tailstock end, especially when I'm not using a tailstock.

Have a project that meant cutting out some 6 inch circles and was wondering if I glue these all together. Is that safe to turn a bowl out of? I haven't turned anything bigger than a pen or handle for a utensil and was unsure if the grain orientation would be dangerous or difficult to turn.

Hi all, new turner here, and first time working with birch. And I have a lot of it from a local tree guy so I'm hoping you can help. It's green, got it fresh cut. It's the white curly bark kind of birch.

I've noticed once I've finished turning a bowl or vase, its pretty light colored, but darkens a bit as it dries and the water leaves the end grain. I've been using the "wood shavings in a brown bag" method to dry and avoid cracking. The drying process seems to bring out the grain.

The problem is, once it's (mostly) dry and I can finally sand it, the grain all but vanishes. I've tried tung oil, boiled linseed, and friction polish (ie BLO+shellac). Still not satisfied, as the grain is barely visible. I'm considering not sanding this latest bowl, but a rough bowl is less than ideal.

Any tips to really make that grain pop?

Edit. Added photo in comments https://www.reddit.com/r/turning/s/sIqjPvFzu2

I started working on a mug for my wife when I realized that I needed end grain sealant. In this case, should I apply the end sealant before or after the tung oil? For clarification, I was going to seal the rim and bottom of the mug. Thanks!

These came in the bag of hardware for the chuck. The set screw is for the insert. They hard round pieces of a (plastic?) maybe

When I saw them, it jarred my memory of someone saying they thought they were just cardboard from the box, but realized they served a purpose so he made one out of gasket material.

The set screw looks like it would tighten down oa thread of the insert? I can only imagine this is to protect the thread but I'm not sure why they would have thread it where the set screw goes.

Padauk, maple, and walnut laminated bowl, a cedar, and a live edge bowl turned today.