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Announcing Frogwood 7" Bowl Blanks
Our largest blanks yet - over 5lb of colorful compressed birch with a beautiful consistent turning feel - no voids in these 100% Grade A/B blanks!
- Matches our 5" bowl blanks
- 2.75" thick
- Can be glued with Titebond III or similar
- Follow good gluing practice - clean, flat dry dust-free surfaces, clamp and allow to fully cure before turning
- Protective clothing, glasses and mask recommended at all times when turning.
See our selection here Bowl Blanks
Scroll down the page for 7" bowls, they are listed after our 5" bowl blanks
Frogwood & CNC Machining
Use very sharp cutting tools, carbide if possible. Medium spindle speed with low to medium feed rate for roughing. High spindle speed low feed rate for finishing. Consider this material like cutting cherry, not soft like pine or hard like ash.
The pieces shown above were CNC carved in Frogwood Lilac. The wood was cut on the diagonal to get the wide color bands.
Whatever your project, FrogBlanks has the ideal engineered wood for you. For weight-sensitive applications choose Frogwood®. For extra surface hardness, strength and rigidity, choose Frogwood RHD5™.
Frogwood is a high quality lower density material that is ideal for general turning and woodworking. It is our lowest price point material.
Frogwood RHD5 is heavier but has excellent resilience with smooth cutting and finishing characteristics.
Frogwood®
Phillip Cates - Buffalo MOI like Frogwood because it is easy to carve yet stronger than some of the laminates I have worked with in the past. Another big plus is how the colors don't run or mix with each other when varnish is applied. The colors are great and I certainly will be buying more of it in the future!
Phillip & Sheila Cates are a talented team of wood carvers, see their work in their eBay Store
Mara - Rostock, GermanyNice material: easy to polish, high gloss finish, slightly flexible - better than SpectraPly® and lighter than stabilized alternatives :)
Mara creates hair forks "haarforken" in a variety of woods and other materials
Sköldpadda Haarforken Mara is a Featured Crafter - Check out her other Frogwood designs on our newly revised 'Showcase' pages!
John - Florida, United StatesAmazing
Absolutely love this blank
Cant wait to make different pens with this wood. Awesome to work with and great quality. People love it
Lynne - Auckland NZI found working with FrogBlanks on the lathe very satisfying. No tear-out, as sometimes happens with laminated wood (e.g. when working with skateboard decks). Can't wait to turn more, and apply them to other projects.
Lynne creates beautiful rings & other jewelry in a variety of materials
YouWoodNz - Handmade in New Zealand
Mick- Cincinnati, OHCool and unique wood, easy to work with will buy again, thanks!
Check out Mick's spectacular selection of knives
Mhagmx Store
Frogwood RHD5™
Roger Dismore, PenDesigns.comThis is the Dymondwood® replacement I have been looking for. I loved the integrity of the layers, sanding and finishing like I used for Dymondwood® . I would say the final result is easily the equal of Dymondwood® and much superior to everything else out there.
Roger is a Featured Crafter - see more of his pens in the Showcase gallery
Nik Beebe - Oregon, USAPrompt shipping and really appreciated the fact partial sizes could be ordered rather than only the full panel options of some of FrogBlanks competitors. The RHD5 machined very well and the high layer strength left zero tear-out anywhere on my project. Peter and Cliff are obviously very passionate about their product and were helpful every step of the way. I will definitely be ordering again
Nik Beebe is a Featured Crafter - Nik made an extremely detailed 3D rendering of Mount Saint Helens. His work can be seen at Garage 2 Home Etsy Store
Jeff Harrison - Maryland, USAWow!!
This stuff turns nice!
Much more smooth than rutland, and definitely more "wood like" than dymalux...
It grips very well on all the playing surfaces (slate, glass, aluminum and titanium.) The sound is very good, and lively....does not have the dull plastic tone to it that others have.
Jeff is a Featured Crafter - his gallery shows what can be achieved with custom color layups