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Cherry burl bowl with a rim of Osage Orange and Walnut. Friction polish of boiled linseed oil and natural shellac. (i.imgur.com)
submitted 2 years ago by Spacebar@lemmy.world to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca
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8.5" x 3.25" | 22 cm x 8.5 cm

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[-] ReputedlyDeplorable@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I haven’t seen many people use Osage Orange for projects like this, is it hard to work with?

[-] Spacebar@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

It's totally fine. Much easier than purpleheart or padauk. Purpleheart is brittle. Padauk's sawdust is like herpes.

this post was submitted on 11 Dec 2023
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