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The August 2015 AAW JOURNAL has great article by David Ellsworth on working with green wood.
This is followed by 11 marvelous ways turners turned cracks into features.
One of David's themes is that the deck is stacked against newer woodturners successfully working with wet wood.
Might be a nice time to get the experienced wet wood turners exchanging information with those who are having problems.
I had lots of bowls and a few hollow forms crack when I started. Now it almost never happens.
I use the deck is stacked theme in a demo I do on working with wet wood.
I show these slides: http://aaw.hockenbery.net/WORKING WITH green wood-HOcompressed.pdf
Then turn a bowl
Newer turners should realize in a fairly short while (maybe days with a good teacher) they will no longer be plagued by
Angular profiles, bad curves, uneven walls, and work drying out for hours on the lathe.
Wood is going to move so turn it with a shape and athickness that lets it move.
Practice practice practice turn turn turn.
Wood grows on trees
have fun
Work safely
Al
[ edit added 3 feb 2017]
In January 2017 Jan and Carl Brown made a video of the working with green wood demo I did for the tri-county Woodturners.
I posted the two turning parts of the demo on YouTube. There are many ways to make a bowl.
In some methods youndon't even need a lathe. These videos show the way I turn a bowl. You may find it useful
2. Roughing a green bowl for drying
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo0bGSafZq4
3. Returning a dried bowl
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCZWsHB4vlM
This is followed by 11 marvelous ways turners turned cracks into features.
One of David's themes is that the deck is stacked against newer woodturners successfully working with wet wood.
Might be a nice time to get the experienced wet wood turners exchanging information with those who are having problems.
I had lots of bowls and a few hollow forms crack when I started. Now it almost never happens.
I use the deck is stacked theme in a demo I do on working with wet wood.
I show these slides: http://aaw.hockenbery.net/WORKING WITH green wood-HOcompressed.pdf
Then turn a bowl
Newer turners should realize in a fairly short while (maybe days with a good teacher) they will no longer be plagued by
Angular profiles, bad curves, uneven walls, and work drying out for hours on the lathe.
Wood is going to move so turn it with a shape and athickness that lets it move.
Practice practice practice turn turn turn.
Wood grows on trees
have fun
Work safely
Al
[ edit added 3 feb 2017]
In January 2017 Jan and Carl Brown made a video of the working with green wood demo I did for the tri-county Woodturners.
I posted the two turning parts of the demo on YouTube. There are many ways to make a bowl.
In some methods youndon't even need a lathe. These videos show the way I turn a bowl. You may find it useful
2. Roughing a green bowl for drying
3. Returning a dried bowl
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