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3 Footed Arbutus Burl Bowl
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Dave Roberts

3 Footed Arbutus Burl Bowl

This bowl was rough turned to about 1” or slightly thicker and after rough turning it was boiled in a 60-gallon kettle for 6 hours along with a bunch of trimmings. After boiling it air dried for a few days and were then moved into the drying room with the dehumidifier. I noticed after a week that these blanks were starting to check and I was worried the cracks would worsen so I 2nd turned the bowl and carved 3 feet as a base to allow for movement as it dried. Finished with 6 coats of tung oil and buffed.
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Randy Anderson
Dave, I boil my large hollow forms but not nearly that long. Curious why 6 hours of boiling? I have a 35 gallon boiling pot but wow, a 60 gallon one must be a monster.
 
Dave Roberts
Randy Anderson said:
Dave, I boil my large hollow forms but not nearly that long. Curious why 6 hours of boiling? I have a 35 gallon boiling pot but wow, a 60 gallon one must be a monster.
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Thank you Randy, when I boil Arbutus I have a full load in the kettle. As a rule of thumb I boil 1 hr per inch of thickness. My pot takes 3 to 3.5 hrs to start boiling and I have rough turned pieces, cut offs and usually pepper mills blanks that are 3.5 to 4” it just depends on what I’m cutting up. I don’t turn the burner up too high as a 20 lb tank will frost up quickly and I burn more fuel so lower heat and it takes a bit longer.
 
Randy Anderson
OK, makes sense now. I recently moved to a natural gas burner and my time to boiling temp went way down. I got one of those big cast iron wok burners online, not expensive, and a quick connect to my natural gas line at home. It would take my 35 gallon tank about 2 hours to start boiling on propane and one of those tall turkey fryer burner stands. Got expensive to burn up almost 20lbs of propane for each boil and like you I kept the throttle down on the bottle.
 
Dave Roberts
Dave Roberts said:
Thank you Randy, when I boil Arbutus I have a full load in the kettle. As a rule of thumb I boil 1 hr per inch of thickness. My pot takes 3 to 3.5 hrs to start boiling and I have rough turned pieces, cut offs and usually pepper mills blanks that are 3.5 to 4” it just depends on what I’m cutting up. I don’t turn the burner up too high as a 20 lb tank will frost up quickly and I burn more fuel so lower heat and it takes a bit longer.
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I wish we hat nat gas here in the island, my burner is mounted under my tank, it was a double boiler like they use for jam but I got it from a brewery, if you want to see it go to our website and go to the blog, Darawoodworks.com. Cheers
 

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