Pear turning blanks

There are few woods as fun to turn as pear. We rarely have any blanks of any size in stock, so I am mentioning now that we DO have pear in sizable chunks for turning. We started with some big sections:

 

Some became thicker boards:

Some became bowl blanks:

A couple of the bowl blanks include some swirling figure:

    (The white is wet Anchorseal). Some blanks are only $5. Come and get 'em.

Scenes from the yard

Let's see if this new smart phone camera is any good. Here are some recent shots from the Lumber Logs' headquarters:


We finally bought fork extensions for the lift and can load the kiln without sweat:

We just got some nice wide cherry table top material from the sawyer. The biggest are 20" wide (before drying):

We have some green pear in sizable chunks:

Some pear still needs to be sawn into blanks:

If you want a piece of osage orange to turn then Joe will chainsaw off a chunk for you, leaving a pretty sight (if you like yellow):

Speaking of Joe, he has decided to decorate his workspace with a portrait of his niece. She is showing that you can pose with a (plastic) chainsaw and still be pretty.