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What’s on your lathe?
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Thanks Gary. Makes sense now. I'll file this for future reference if I get into serious segmenting.
Cheers.
Barry W. Larson
Calgary, Alberta, Canada eh!
First item turned on new lathe. It's just a little ring bowl. I think it's cherry but whatever wood it is, it's from my property. I finished it with 50/50 oil. Now that I know the lathe works properly I'll move on the larger pieces.
Congratulations on the new lathe! Nice little bowl!
Thanks! I now have a 20" swing, compared to the 10" one on my laguna but I'm not sure I'm ready to turn a bowl that big yet.
My first unintentional funnel! I made a small hollowing tool from a hex key and tried making a mini hollow form with the left over from turning the handle. The tool worked great, I just needed to be more careful/actually plan it out. Index finger for scale.
Ok, wheres the forum that woodturning clubs use? Mine had a demo last year where a guy made the tool out of a hex key for hollowing. Now this year some of the presidents challenges are turn a miniature less than an inch, another is show a failure. I'm getting a strong sense of deja vu.
My club hasn't had any of those, but perhaps it seeped into my subconscious from others on the forum. Or the world is a simulation running out of ideas.
Sadly, just rust.
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Fourth attempt with this idea. Still some issues, but much closer to my goal. I'll write up the steps in the Projects forum when I get a chance.
A friend called me and said he had three 9’ ambrosia maple logs if I wanted them and could load them for me. I was doing the final sanding on a second turned maple and of course stopped, hook the trailer up and went to get the free logs😁. Turns out one is 15” diameter and the other two are 24” diameter! Love free wood but always give him and his wife a few nice bowls.
Was able to finish sanding and put the first coat of walnut oil on the shallow maple, 15” x 3-1/4” with ogee .
Was able to finish sanding and put the first coat of walnut oil on the shallow maple, 15” x 3-1/4” with ogee .
Funny thing David. I just got some maple also from some tree cutters clearing out 17 trees on a lot down the road. Offered to cut and load them on my trailer, had them cut them 44 inches long so they could easily fit on my trailer. Looks like the same maple?
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Always good to get free wood. I have several trees I need to go get when I get time. Currently spending a lot of time cleaning up hurricane damage. However I will be taking a couple days a week to turn instead of turning everyday 😁
On the lathe last night is a Brown Mallee Burl with a natural edge burl. It was pretty difficult turning with that big void, but it can be done. Sanding tended to tear up the paper, so around the rim, there was quite a bit of hand sanding with power off.
I'm calling this a "natural edge" bowl, but I've been told in the past that it isn't. I don't know what else to call it, and if anyone has any more correct wording to describe it, I'm open to suggestions from the AAW brain trust!
It will be for sale soon, so I need a good way to describe it.
(Sorry for the blurry photos, but my hand isn't too steady these days!)
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I'm calling this a "natural edge" bowl, but I've been told in the past that it isn't. I don't know what else to call it, and if anyone has any more correct wording to describe it, I'm open to suggestions from the AAW brain trust!
It will be for sale soon, so I need a good way to describe it.
(Sorry for the blurry photos, but my hand isn't too steady these days!)
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Here are walnut burl and Cottonwood burl bowls that have Watco Danish oil natural applied, and are drying. They'll be ready for the Beall 3-step buffing process tomorrow. It takes extra time for the DO to dry in winter months, because overnight it gets pretty cold around here......this morning it's -3° below zero! I have a heater in the shop that runs 24/7 but it only keeps the shop above freezing.
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Since you asked......turn wet to a thick roughed state, anchorseal, and check monthly weights until stabilized.
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Well I have other pieces from the logs a cut yesterday , and will put the in the basement to dry,
But I’d like to use this for a gift soon, was wondering if there is another way to dry it sooner ?
I heard some have tryed soaking in alcohol. So I should rough turn it and then put it in a bag with shavings?
Microwave or boil. Many threads exist on both options.
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What Odie said - You don't want your blanks to dry that way - You'll end up with cracks and checks resulting in turning most of it into firewood. - You want to keep BLANKS as wet as you can, usually and then rough out the bowl - Roughed out bowls will dry faster, for one thing, and as they're thinner than a whole thick block, they are also able to move as the wood dries, so less chance of cracking/checking... I wouldn't try drying a whole blank like that as it sits - It'd take FOREVER. (even if it didn't crack)
I grabbed a four branch crotch piece off of the wood pile today. Crazy grain pattern inside! Finished with Tried and True.
Not sure what kind of wood it is.
Not sure what kind of wood it is.
I'd happily call that a natural edge bowl if I was sending it to the gallery where my work goes.