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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 11 months 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 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Spacebar@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

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