Turning Mulberry ???

[Marion Smith]

I was given a nice piece of the biggest Mulberry tree I'd ever seen this spring.
Asking if anyone here has experience on how it takes to turning.
Specifically, I'm thinking about making a couple of yarn bowls out of it, that is, after I hear from some folks here on how it will or won't go.

[John K Jordan]

I was given a nice piece of the biggest Mulberry tree I'd ever seen this spring.
Asking if anyone here has experience on how it takes to turning.
Specifically, I'm thinking about making a couple of yarn bowls out of it, that is, after I hear from some folks here on how it will or won't go.

There are some threads about this - search for "mulberry". This is one: http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthre...41775-Mulberry

JKJ

[Thomas Canfield]

I like Mulberry. My experience is that green wood needs to be twice turned to allow it to dry and move. I recommend that a generous pith slab (at least 15% of diameter) be cut to help reduce core checking, and a thicker slab makes some nice quarter sawn material for little boxes or other end grain work. The yellow color will darken over time to a nice brown.

[Steve Doerr]

Marion, I have a lot of mulberry that I have recently turned. It turns very well when wet (still letting it dry.) I have turned mine to finish and then soak in DNA and then dry in a paper bag. Do get some movement but not too bad. Makes it nice and organic.

[Dennis Ford]

I like mulberry. It turns about like ash but obviously the color is a lot different. Warps a little during drying like most woods (not an excessive amount). Pyro work contrasts nicely with the yellow color and still looks good when the yellow changes to reddish brown.

[Leo Van Der Loo]

As I have said here before, Mulberry is a very nice wood to turn, and I have turned quite a few pieces of it over the last 30 years or so.You have to watch the sapwood though, it does shrink more and will check/split if not given the time to dry and relax. The color will be going from a light yellow to a dark golden and gets even darker over time, that color is good looking anywhere along that change IMO.I got a few pictures here again that show some of it’s qualities .Just watch out for The Aliens in the Mulberry UFO, they have landed .UFO.jpg.Mulberry drying movement/change.Mulberry movement.jpg Mulberry drying change.jpg.Color changes over time.Mulberry plate.jpg after 15 years of use.jpg.Mulberry sapwood checking.Sapwood checking.jpg.

[Leo Van Der Loo]

As I have said here before, Mulberry is a very nice wood to turn, and I have turned quite a few pieces of it over the last 30 years or so.You have to watch the sapwood though, it does shrink more and will check/split if not given the time to dry and relax. The color will be going from a light yellow to a dark golden and gets even darker over time, that color is good looking anywhere along that change IMO.I got a few pictures here again that show some of it’s qualities .Just watch out for The Aliens in the Mulberry UFO, they have landed .UFO.jpg.Mulberry drying movement/change.Mulberry movement.jpg Mulberry drying change.jpg.Color changes over time.Mulberry plate.jpg after 15 years of use.jpg.Mulberry sapwood checking.Sapwood checking.jpg.

I don’t know why this post does changes my placement of comments and pictures, they are not all placed in one line, but each comment line with the appropriate pictures below it

[Lee Watermann]

I like Mulberry. not hard but a tight grain.