Jeff... and Dozer came over to my shop today to join the two rough sawn slabs of Sycamore, Jeff... had to make the beginnings of a natural slab table.
We started by rough cutting the chainsawn edges straight with a cir. saw and straight edge. Then they were run across the jointer to make them...
Need a little help, I'm such a bonehead at times. I promised Tarhead I would bring a slab of curly sycamore along with the walnut today and I forgot it :BangHead:. It's 5/4 x 16 x 5' - approx 8 BF. I was wondering if we could use the NCWoodworker Pony Express :eusa_pray to get it to him?
His...
I roughed the Curly Sycamore blank I got from Jeff today :eusa_danc :eusa_danc It was about 10 1/2 x 6 when I started. I had the LOML shot some short videos of the flying noodles:icon_thum and a lot of photos in my new photo studio set up I got for Xmas...
Anyone interested in these pen blanks before I turn them loose on IAP for $3.00 a peice? You'll need to fill the bug holes with epoxy and pigment maybe black, white, red, cream, metalic... I don't know your choice. Solid wood pen blanks don't get much better than this :-D.
If your interested, I...
I did not get a chance to turn this today :BangHead: :BangHead: but was able to get a few pictures of the curl like Jeff requested. I trued up the blank yesterday and reapplied the wax coat just in case I do not get to work on it for a couple days. Right now it looks like a cheese round :rolf...
Next in line to be made into little ones. 28" small end, 32" butt flare, 9' 6" long with a bad crook starting about 7' from the butt. Kids think it's big :lol:
I received my goody bag of pen blanks that Jeff.. had cut on different biases than normal blanks are cut: 22.5°, 45°, & 90° to the grain (cross cut)
Here's the first victim in the experiment, a 90° cross cut curly Sycamore.
Other side...trying to pick up the chatoyance in the curl :-D...
Next weekend I’m going to be milling one of the wildest looking tress I’ve seen. It’s an American Sycamore, he told me it was a box elder but I stopped by today and it’s not. The main trunk spirals up about 8’ to a multi limbed crotch and the burl curls around the main trunk in the opposite...
The big tree that used to shade my shop has been trimmed and there are some nice sized pieces ( limbs) that could be turned into a vase, bowl, whatever. If you want some, must come soon before the city picks it up. Let me know if you want some and I can pull it back. Some of the pieces are...