Here are a couple of laburnum vases I've done over the last couple of weekends, they are about 7" tall x 3.5">4" in diameter, the walls are just slightly thicker than an 1/8th"
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Tioraidh an-drasda (gaelic for Cheerio just now)
Colin .
One good turn deserves another,
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ive never seen that wood before, it looks awsome! nice purple heart base too
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Wood in every shelf and nook and cranny,,, seriously too much wood!
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Colin;
Your post has solved a mystery. I picked up a couple pieces of mystery wood from vacant lot. I loved turning it and the way it looked but had no idea what it was. It looks exactly like the wood in your vase.
I will try and get a picture of the vase that I turned posted for comparison.
Thanks,
Mike
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Colin, those are wonderful pieces, both in material and form. Very nice!
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Hi there.
Lovely vases, both form and finish.
If it is the same kind of wood I know here from Denmark "Cytisus laburnum" please keep ind mind that the dust from the wood is toxic.
Always use protection equipment.
When I was a kid, many years ago, some children died from eating the shells that looks like the pea shell.
Take care out there.
Cheers - from the other side of the pondt
Kaj
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Very nice work Colin! Good form - beautiful wood!
Steve
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Please dont let that happen!
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Colin:
My family and I visited Scotland last year. My wife took many, many pictures of laburnum at Cawdor Castle. You live in one of the most beautiful countries in the world.
Your turnings are beautiful as well. Very nice work! Now, Colin, my wife wants to know when I will do something like that. (Just kidding)
All the best.
Don
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Those are very nice forms and some good looking wood.
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Great work and great form. That wood is beautiful.
Bernie
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I have only seen a couple turnings of Laburnam before. you have extremely well by those two.
Bob
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Very nice :-) i can vouch for Kajīs comment. itīs toxic i spent the better part of a 10 hour dag at the bandsaw sawing up Laburnum and Elm burl and letīs just say it gave me the runs for a week.....
And when dry itīs hard as ROCK realy hard. i do a lot of bottelstoppers in the stuff and itīs hard on the tools..
I danish this is called Guldregn - Guld = Gold Regn=rain = Goldenrain. beacuse of the way the flowers spill out from the tree... very nice
Rasmus Petersen - woodturning.dk.
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