[Bryn-gwlad] woodturner sought

[Zach Most]

There's a Woodcraft store near 183 and MoPac where you can browse through the wood a bit.  Their on line catalog will give you some idea of what various woods will cost:
http://woodcraft.com/depts.aspx?deptid=2123
Ebay's also a suprisingly good source for wood.  You can buy straight from the folks harvesting the trees, so they usually know what they're doing and there are no middle men to jack up the price.
  I'd lean toward maple, as it's easy to work and relatively inexpensive, particularly if you go for the less ornate (burl maple's pretty, but pricey) and aren't too picky about which specific strain of maple you're using.  There are maples native to southern Britain.  It's generally a fairly pale wood, though there are some non-toxic ways to darken it.
  Gaston

----- Original Message ----
From: Coblaith Mhuimhneach <Coblaith at sbcglobal.net>
To: Barony of Bryn Gwlad <bryn-gwlad at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2008 2:55:22 AM
Subject: Re: [Bryn-gwlad] woodturner sought

I wrote:
> I'd like to have a really, truly persona-correct drinking vessel for  
> feast.  My research indicates the appropriate choice would be a turned  
> wooden cup.

Gaston wrote:
> The cup sounds like an interesting project.  I have a lathe.  What  
> kind of wood were you thinking of using?

That's one of the questions I hoped to address with the assistance of  
the wood-worker.  I don't know enough about the properties of various  
woods to know what kind will work best and be easiest to work with.

Burl maple is apparently a common choice, and I've seen photos of  
reconstructions made of pear wood and, I think, willow.  There's a  
17th-century quote in a post archived in the Florilegium  
<http://www.florilegium.org/files/BEVERAGES/lea-bottles-msg.html> that  
mentions drinking cups made of elm, boxwood, maple, and holly.  My  
first impulse would be to use something native to or at least common in  
Munster (southern Ireland), whence my persona hails, but anything that  
won't poison me or make the water taste funny will work.  From an  
aesthetic standpoint, I prefer rich shades to blond wood.  For  
practical reasons, I won't be choosing any expensive exotics.

Wikipedia has a list of trees native to Great Britain and Ireland  
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 
Trees_of_Britain_and_Ireland#Native_trees> that might provide a  
starting point.


Coblaith
<mailto:Coblaith at sbcglobal.net>

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