Osage Orange Wood Bowls

Osage orange has a relatively low modulus of elasticity compared to its weight and modulus of rupture which helps explain why it is sometimes used for archery bows.

Osage orange wood bowls. My rule for green bowls is to try whatever is locally availableyou may be pleasantly surprised by the abundance of material in your own backyard. This presentation shows the turning of a very shallow banana shaped bowl from a 6 diameter dry orange osage branch using a woodturning lathe. Cutting board 1 by x. This is a bowl i made from a block of osage orange wood that robert sheldon sent me.

Its sometimes called bois darc which literally means bow wood in american frenchthe wood is also very stable with little seasonalenvironmental movement. I am really happy. Pieces of hard wood osage orange for sale the wood is harvested locally in the midwest. Osage orange wood is used for lots of purposes hand crafting of duck calls gun and knife handles guitars wood bowls wood spoons trophy mounts gun stocks fence posts and more.

Wood bowl osage orange wood natural edge wood turned bowl wooden bowl rustic decor home decor centerpiece bowl gifts ideas thewildrenegade 5 out of 5 stars 15 3400 4000 4000 15 off. Maple walnut butternut ash birch locust white oak cherry beech osage orange and pear. Fellow woodturner the wood was very hard and i needed to keep my tool very sharp to cut it. Almost any species is worth trying but here are some of my favorites.