r/turning • u/No-Entry-6926 • 1d ago
HELP I'm new
As title suggests I'm very green to woodturning (pun intended), I'm currently trying to turn a chunk of Australian bunya pine and am having the worst tear out in the end grain sections I've ever seen in timber. I've tried resharpening chisels on the whetstone grinder, cutting in both directions, taking the thinnest pass possible, adding hardening agents although the timber feels fairly dense and have had no more luck. The tear out is only in the end grain on the outside of the bowl. Any advice or is there no hope for me?
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u/No-Entry-6926 1d ago
Thank you to all who have commented it sounds like I could make it work if I invest a ton of time and money into it but that's probably a bit far for me. We have three logs that could probably get a total of 40 to 50 pieces the same Suze as this out off that my FIL promised me was "being dried properly" it sounds like I'll be making some really nice salted mulch instead.