Really been roughing out billets and bowl blanks (once turned) lately and ruined most of them - another story about drying. But during the chill time before the Klingspor Extravaganza, I turned these three. As always, C&C welcomed.
All three of these have the same finish: brown (black jar) Yorkshire grit, white Yorkshire grit, and Briwax
More FISY wood (found-in-somebody's-yard), post Helene. 8" dia. X 2" tall crotch piece. The flame looked burnt until the Yorshire grit pulled out the colors. Wood smells like pecan/hickory when turning but much smoother maple-like grain texture. The colors are all in the brown range so not a lot of excitement to me. Rim is curled (popcorn) and stepped.
Sycamore crotch, 7.5" dia. X 1.5" tall. More Helene wood. This one was much greener than I thought. Finished this Saurday. It's been twisting since I brought it inside.
Alabama walnut from SIL. This was part of a 38" dia. X 13" tall cookie. Full of shakes, cracks and rot. I cut the cookie in half and pulled three pieces from one half. This one is pretty bad and probably should have not been put on the lathe. The bowl is 7.5" dia. X 3.5" tall. Nice color but it won't hold water due to cracks. Rim is curled (popcorned) and flared.
Another billet is laying by the lathe and is now in the shape of a cookie. I'm trying to decide if I want to invest a half-gallon of epoxy into stabilizing it. The third one was stabilized with cactus juice in a vacuum chamber. I'm waiting for management to take a trip before I "cook" it in the oven to cure the juice. FWIW, it is 11 inch by 3" cookie and absorbed ~3/4 of a gallon of cactus juice. That means I've got ~$60-$70 invested in it and it will still need epoxy for the cracks. It was John K. Jordan who said, "Life is too short to turn crappy wood." I'm a slow learner. BUT, it's walnut.
Thanks for looking
All three of these have the same finish: brown (black jar) Yorkshire grit, white Yorkshire grit, and Briwax
More FISY wood (found-in-somebody's-yard), post Helene. 8" dia. X 2" tall crotch piece. The flame looked burnt until the Yorshire grit pulled out the colors. Wood smells like pecan/hickory when turning but much smoother maple-like grain texture. The colors are all in the brown range so not a lot of excitement to me. Rim is curled (popcorn) and stepped.
Sycamore crotch, 7.5" dia. X 1.5" tall. More Helene wood. This one was much greener than I thought. Finished this Saurday. It's been twisting since I brought it inside.
Alabama walnut from SIL. This was part of a 38" dia. X 13" tall cookie. Full of shakes, cracks and rot. I cut the cookie in half and pulled three pieces from one half. This one is pretty bad and probably should have not been put on the lathe. The bowl is 7.5" dia. X 3.5" tall. Nice color but it won't hold water due to cracks. Rim is curled (popcorned) and flared.
Another billet is laying by the lathe and is now in the shape of a cookie. I'm trying to decide if I want to invest a half-gallon of epoxy into stabilizing it. The third one was stabilized with cactus juice in a vacuum chamber. I'm waiting for management to take a trip before I "cook" it in the oven to cure the juice. FWIW, it is 11 inch by 3" cookie and absorbed ~3/4 of a gallon of cactus juice. That means I've got ~$60-$70 invested in it and it will still need epoxy for the cracks. It was John K. Jordan who said, "Life is too short to turn crappy wood." I'm a slow learner. BUT, it's walnut.
Thanks for looking
