What’s on your lathe?

[David Wyke]

Not sure if I'll be able to pull this one off. Dogwood. I'll be getting rid of that shoulder on the chuck side.

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Stretch wrap and tape when you flip it!

 

[John K Jordan]

Not sure if I'll be able to pull this one off. Dogwood. I'll be getting rid of that shoulder on the chuck side.

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Stretch wrap and tape when you flip it!

A good friend uses strapping tape to wrap “challenging” pieces before reversing to hollow. Holds everything together!

 

[Michael Brown]

Local landscaping owner dropped off Cypress logs. That's a smell that I could get used to.

 

[Odie]

Couple of CA black Walnut burl bowls were roughed last evening. Should have wetted the surface to show off the grain and colors in these two.....they are outstanding examples!

Both are over 35% MC.....very wet. It'll be a year or so before I can do the 2nd turn...

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[Dan Wiggin]

Did a couple bowl feet this evening.

Currently experimenting with some acrylic paint pens to do a permanent inventory number. (Thanks to @Ed Davidson for the idea!)

I've found that you really have to be careful with the buffing to prevent the process from ruining the numbers, but with some practice, it can be done.

The paint needs to dry for 24hrs before a sealing coat of DO is applied.

I also re-wired the dash and replaced the input voltage wire to the distributor of my 1928 Model A Ford Pickup truck today! I think this fixed my hard starting issues.....fingers crossed! It was getting dark, so couldn't test drive it today......soon!!!!!

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Odie….your bringing back old memories! I had a stupid attack and sold my ‘33’ flat head V8 about 10 years ago. Still miss it

 

[Gabriel Hoff]

Last evening, I roughed these two:

Olivewood and Thuya burl.

Both had a high MC of around 30%.

I suspect the Olivewood will stabilize before the Thuya burl....we'll see.

Photos taken just prior to applying the anchorseal.

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How does the Thuya sand for you? I find it clogs really bad. Both are beautiful!