I'm working on another hollow form, this one is out of green maple I just cut this weekend. I thought I'd give turning a hollow form out of wet wood a shot and see how it distorts. I turned it yesterday, and wrapped it in stretch wrap with shavings on the inside as there was a smoking project I still needed to finish last night. No issues at all with cracking and not much movement at all.
As I went to sand it tonight, I noticed a "stripe", for lack of a better word, around the diameter where the grain seems to disappear. The stripe is very noticable; we'll see how it shows up in the pictures. Anyway, I proceeded to start standing yet the stripe is not clearing up. What's interesting is that the stripe starts to come directly out of an area with a lot of swirls / chatoyance / patterns.
Any advice on how to sand this to enhance the look vs. making it worse? I went ahead and wrapped it again in stretch wrap until I get some guidance from the pros! I assume that will help slow down the drying as much as possible as well to hopefully prevent and cracks.
One other thing I'm curious about. Right at the base there is a very distinct and sharp green line bordering a dark area. The green is very vibrant and I've tried to capture it in the picture but I'm not sure it does it justice. What's that from? It looks similar to a distinct spalting zone line, but again it's bright green. I have a few other chunks from the same tree, so I'm looking forward to getting into it more as I think this one has a lot of potential.
Thanks in advance!
As I went to sand it tonight, I noticed a "stripe", for lack of a better word, around the diameter where the grain seems to disappear. The stripe is very noticable; we'll see how it shows up in the pictures. Anyway, I proceeded to start standing yet the stripe is not clearing up. What's interesting is that the stripe starts to come directly out of an area with a lot of swirls / chatoyance / patterns.
Any advice on how to sand this to enhance the look vs. making it worse? I went ahead and wrapped it again in stretch wrap until I get some guidance from the pros! I assume that will help slow down the drying as much as possible as well to hopefully prevent and cracks.
One other thing I'm curious about. Right at the base there is a very distinct and sharp green line bordering a dark area. The green is very vibrant and I've tried to capture it in the picture but I'm not sure it does it justice. What's that from? It looks similar to a distinct spalting zone line, but again it's bright green. I have a few other chunks from the same tree, so I'm looking forward to getting into it more as I think this one has a lot of potential.
Thanks in advance!