Oak

quarter-sawed white and red.

Cherry.

Sycamore

quarter-sawed.

Mahogany

bay wood, Mexican, East Indian and African.

Ebony

gray, black.

Cocobolo

Panama, Nicaragua.

Rosewood

African.

Snakewood.

Lignum-vitae.

Myrtlewood.

Boxwood.

Holly.

Satinwood.

A few Don'ts are well worth remembering to help in avoiding both mistakes and accidents:

Don't start your lathe unless all adjustments are fastened; otherwise the work may be thrown out.

Don't leave the lathe running when no one is working at it.

Don't start any work on high speed; rough the corners on slow speed first.

Don't turn long, thin spindle work on high speed; it will spring too much.

Don't stop your spindle work or feel of its smoothness by holding your fingers near the tee-rest, as the motion of the wood is liable to draw your fingers or hand between the rest and the wood, causing injury.

Don't work your lathe on high speed while rechucking; there is danger of the work being thrown out of the chuck.

Don't stop your lathe without also stopping your work; otherwise when the lathe has come to a standstill, there is danger of the work winding its way off. This applies to face-plate work.

Don't apply stain, filler, etc., while the lathe is in motion; the centrifugal force will drive the moisture out of the wood instead of allowing it to penetrate.

Don't use cotton waste for polishing, or applying stain to your work, as the short threads may catch on to the fibers and draw the waste out of your hands, often causing injury.

Don't remove your wood from the lathe without first marking the center and the end of the wood so that both may be returned to the same place at a future time.

Don't cut your work free before being sure that all turning and finishing has been completed.

And finally, don't go ahead on any work if you are not sure what to do, or how to do it.