I am super impressed by the amount of knowledge on this forum. I am a beginner turner (16 bowls so far) but do have a woodworking business. My specialty would be lamination.
I have been researching a ton the past few months and google keeps taking me back to this forum, so here I am. Thought I would introduce myself because I have plenty of questions and this seems like a great group.
Just went to my first woodturning symposium here in Alaska and was pretty excited about it. Just joined the Alaska Woodturners Association which I believe is a part of the AAW?
Can't wait to get into some of the classes there!
Since my last few bowls (which have sold), I have been gearing up for more production. We will see how that goes as I have a ton to learn.
Question:
I am getting a bunch of Walnut burl shipped up to Alaska and am worried about the bugs. Some of the burl is fresh and some is air dried for 2 years. My source has an iDry vacuum kiln. He was going to run it in his kiln for 2 days around 150 to kill the bugs. I am assuming the 2yr air dried stuff will be just fine but the fresh burl might not fair too well even if its only 2 days to kill the bugs. I have too much lumber in my shop to risk it so I thought I would start by asking here. Maybe build some kind of steamer for the fresh cut?
Appreciate you guys and this forum.
Here is a couple photos of my last few bowls.
Cheers,
Kris
I have been researching a ton the past few months and google keeps taking me back to this forum, so here I am. Thought I would introduce myself because I have plenty of questions and this seems like a great group.
Just went to my first woodturning symposium here in Alaska and was pretty excited about it. Just joined the Alaska Woodturners Association which I believe is a part of the AAW?
Can't wait to get into some of the classes there!
Since my last few bowls (which have sold), I have been gearing up for more production. We will see how that goes as I have a ton to learn.
Question:
I am getting a bunch of Walnut burl shipped up to Alaska and am worried about the bugs. Some of the burl is fresh and some is air dried for 2 years. My source has an iDry vacuum kiln. He was going to run it in his kiln for 2 days around 150 to kill the bugs. I am assuming the 2yr air dried stuff will be just fine but the fresh burl might not fair too well even if its only 2 days to kill the bugs. I have too much lumber in my shop to risk it so I thought I would start by asking here. Maybe build some kind of steamer for the fresh cut?
Appreciate you guys and this forum.
Here is a couple photos of my last few bowls.
Cheers,
Kris