Well, the rest of it looks great!whoops
Well, the rest of it looks great!whoops
Phil, one like this may be able to be glued back together. The problem is clamping it. this is where the stretch film comes in very handy.Well.....for those waiting to see what I made with the apple wood. Apparently a lot of shavings and a piece for the wood stove. I tried gluing the piece multiple times but it just wasn't to be.
On a positive note my wall thickness is much better!
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Great idea David! The wife loves it.Cut it in half and mount it to a shelf, hang it on the wall.
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Couple of pieces went flying when it hit the concrete floor. I did try to see if it would match back up. Thanks for the idea though.Phil, one like this may be able to be glued back together. The problem is clamping it. this is where the stretch film comes in very handy.
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You’re welcome, no charge😁!Great idea David! The wife loves it.
Nice James! Is that a Woodmaster drum sander in back?Been working on ornament globes. The blue and green ones are Maple, the red and yellow are Cherry burl. The one in front is Tasmanian Blackwood. The finial/icicle is Ebony that I made for another globe but thought it was too small. I think it will work better on the red globe.
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YesNice James! Is that a Woodmaster drum sander in back?
I don't know what to call it, but I had a knarly cherry burl and didn't know what to do with it. As you can see it had a lot of holes in it so had to make light cuts.
Soon to be on the lathe. salad bowl blanks of walnut and maple. In the foreground, box elder for hollowed urns. End grain has glue applied to reduce checking until I can get to them. Most are 6 inches thick. View attachment 68542
Hi Bob. I do find it better than paint. Glue is thicker, I don’t thin it.Nice.
Do you find the glue to be better than painting the ends?
Do you thin the glue?
Thanks,
Bob
Nice shape on that one! My wife is a retired school teacher and would always ask if I had a bowl she could give someone😁.My wife’s co-worker is retiring. They went out to eat last week, and Alyse came home and said “uhh, I told Susan that you made a bowl for her”. 😂 Fortunately, I have a couple of boxes of roughouts. I chose a small-ish Black Oak blank, and finish-turned this earlier today. Right at 8” diameter, and finished with T&T Danish oil. Still need to add another coat or two. It’s been forever since I turned an open form bowl—so nice that the shaving eject automatically. Ha, the little things in life…
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Ha. Years ago, we moved and the company paid for the movers (those were the days). Anyway, I had several mesquite logs. The mover guy said "we don't normally move firewood". I replied, "No, that's unfinished furniture." And he put them on the dolly and rolled 'em onto the truck.Also, have some walnut bowls for sale with some assembly required 😁
Stunning for sure.Just finished another segmented/resin bowl today ... thinking these may be this year's XMas gifts (Cherry segments, 11" top dia, 6" tall, Watco Danish oil followed by Beal buff wheels).
Orig idea from Forman Woodworking with a couple mods of my own. Like doing these once in awhile since no need to be exact with segment cuts ;-)
Other "In Process" pics of the one before this here (Oak segments, Orange resin)
What coring system do you use?A while ago a friend brought over a piece of burl. Most of it was past the expiration date but I did manage to make him a little box.
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When I called to take it to him and he told me to bring my chainsaw with me. He has offered me to cut a burl from his woods for some time. I think this is the nicest piece of burl I have ever had. I hope to get a core or two from it. I think it is elm.
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Thx Bob ... I used rice to measure how much resin is required. ...Stunning for sure.
Why do you do the rice step?
Thanks,
Bob
Thx Bob ... I used rice to measure how much resin is required. ...
Filled it with rice, dumped the rice out and weighed it, then used a conversion from grams of rice to grams of resin required.
Conversion table was found as an appendix in Keith Lackner's book - Woodturning with Resin: Techniques & Projects for Turning Works of Art
I use the Oneway system with a Hunter Korpro cutter.What coring system do you use?