Moore Woodturning

Moore Woodturning This page will show the art I make and some description of the processes used. I intend to offer items for sale at times.

An oak crotch piece finished turning today. It was felled by hurricane Helene in my mother’s yard. I helped clean it up ...
08/02/2026

An oak crotch piece finished turning today. It was felled by hurricane Helene in my mother’s yard. I helped clean it up and rough turned it shortly thereafter. Beautiful piece of wood. I can’t wait to finish it. 12” round and about 2” deep. More like a platter than a bowl. I’ll be using my food safe oil blend on it but doubt someone would put food on it; it looks too good to eat off of.

Got a new toolrest (Best Wood Tools) for the lathe to help keep the support close to the material. Works well for the in...
07/29/2026

Got a new toolrest (Best Wood Tools) for the lathe to help keep the support close to the material. Works well for the interior. I tried it out on a smallish pecan bowl (8” diameter, 3” height) soon to be in The Maker’s Market.
Also tried out a homemade sanding paste. Visible on bottom of the bowl in the plate jaws. That’s now finish, just sanded to 220 grit, then sanding paste made with 4F pumice. Pretty good sheen. The finish should really set it off.

Fresh off the lathe, red oak bowl ready for finish. This one has a home already.Made from a tree dropped off post Helene...
06/10/2026

Fresh off the lathe, red oak bowl ready for finish. This one has a home already.
Made from a tree dropped off post Helene damage (and missed the termite damage from the rest of the tree).

The downside of woodturning. There are wood scraps and chunks everywhere (not to mention sawdust and shavings). Right no...
05/03/2026

The downside of woodturning.
There are wood scraps and chunks everywhere (not to mention sawdust and shavings). Right now there’s a ton of pecan, which doesn’t split well for firewood either. Living in city limits stops me from just throwing a match to it, which is terribly tempting.
Once the bugs find their way in past the cambium layer, it’s a race to who gets to keep the wood; them or me. Since I treat nearly all the woodworking I do as natural as possible, I use no chemicals to stave off the bugs or the fungus. Makes for some interesting pieces, but there is a limit.
I’ll keep chipping away at it.

I mentioned the “aging process”. Well, I have bowl rough outs that go back to 2015; so, that aging process is variable. ...
04/26/2026

I mentioned the “aging process”. Well, I have bowl rough outs that go back to 2015; so, that aging process is variable. It really only takes 6 mo. or so. With my process other things get in the way of processing stock. One of which is life in general. With the making of The Maker’s Market a lot of free time got taken up. I am working to get a “shop” over there as well.
I have lots of bowls and raw stock to chose from. Hopefully, all of this will get used up and I will forage more wood to fill in the blanks. Thanks to all who watch this page and show interest in me turning found wood into usable art.

I managed to rough out a couple more bowls from the pecan tree that fell in our yard during Helene. This tree section sa...
04/26/2026

I managed to rough out a couple more bowls from the pecan tree that fell in our yard during Helene. This tree section sat for some time. There is some spalting and some bug holes but it should make for some “interesting” bowls…one day. For now they get the wax and begin the aging process.

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Inman, SC
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