New Project Poplar or Cottonwood Bowls

Using Poplar to Turn Wood Bowls

I grabbed a poplar or cottonwood log a while back and started turning some bowls.

I was very pleased with how this wood turns, below is a picture of the log and how I laid it out. I will follow up with some videos and pictures of the finished bowls. I think I got 4 or 5 bowls out of this log.

Poplar Log Laid Out
For Turning Wood Bowls

There is an iridesence that comes off of the finished bowls. I finished all in bowls with lacquer on the outside and “salad bowl finish” on the inside.

poplar log laid out for bowl turning

The log was about 10″ or so deep (thick) so I ended up cutting some of those blanks in half…..so I ended up with 4 bowls about 3 inches deep each and one large bowl about 8″ deep.

I really liked working with this wood, not sure if it was poplar or cottonwood and I’m not sure if there is much of a difference between the two. Dense grain, turns nicely and finished nicely.

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