Sycamore (Acer Pseudoplatanus UK) Air Dried Woodturning Blanks

Product Description

Similar to maple, the wood of Sycamore trees is predominantly comprised of the sapwood, with some darker heartwood streaks also found in most boards. (Though it is not uncommon to also see entire boards of heartwood too.) The sapwood is white to light tan, while the heartwood is a darker reddish brown. Sycamore also has very distinct ray flecks present on quartersawn surfaces—giving it a freckled appearance—a

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Reviews
Workability
Timber Sizing Guidelines

Customer Reviews

By TomCarrington on 6th August 2019

"Great"

By DavidHall on 15th July 2019

"OK Had to wait longer than I wanted."

By steve on 24th June 2019

"great wood with a fantastic graining"

By LawrenceNeat on 20th June 2019

"Blanks ordered and arrived promptly, in good order, and are now coverted into (a) a clock base (b) a small dish. Once again, great service."

By MAllan on 13th February 2019

"Good quality wood blanks. Will buy again from this vendor."

By MAllan on 13th February 2019

"Good quality spindle blank, no splits or blemishes."

By MAllan on 13th February 2019

"Blanks were of good quality, no problems."

By BrianWhitley on 15th December 2018

"Despite a delay in dispatching the two blanks they where as described and a good quality. The package arrived well packed and with an additional blank of Padauk for the delay. Its hard to find good service like this today. I will definitely be dealing with Yandles again."

By TimCornwall on 11th November 2018

"Good service 2 bits missing rectified within 1 call no problem will use again"

By louis fisher on 21st September 2018

"excellent quality at a good price I will use them again"

By hannah. on 30th August 2018

"just what I wanted and arrived punctually"

By Raymond G Jones on 24th January 2014

"An excellent product, received in a reasonable time. I will certainly order from Yandle's again in future, and maybe call in sometime when I visit to research my family history in Stoke sub Hamdon."

Workability

Overall, Sycamore works easily with both hand and machine tools, though the interlocked grain can be troublesome in surfacing and machining operations at times. Sycamore turns, glues, and finishes well.

Timber Sizing Guidelines

Please note the sizes displayed are approx. We cut all our blanks onsite & we work to a -/+ 1mm tolerance when cutting our Timber Blanks. If you are requiring a specific size, we would advise buying a size above so you can accurately cut back as desired.