Turned a few more and oiled
What did you do in your shop today?
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Another gorgeous set! Like all the natural woods, but that blue one is ELECTRIC 
Love it.
Love it.
Like ‘em all!
All are very nice! I like the lower right one. Reminds me of oatmeal and raisons!
That one and the upper left. Reminds me of bagels. Now I'm hungry.
Right now I'm in the process of making a parting tool that will allow me to part wood from a 12-14" blank. I'm using a Cold Saw blade from a very slow rpm metal cutting blade. I these blades are pretty tough.
Anyway, I'll get the blade cleaned up and sharpened sometime today. I'm going to put a handle on it like a knife, and it will be adjustable so I can shorten the cutting depth if I have to.
The bottom piece is 12 3/8 long, 1/8" thick, 1 1/2" wide but when I clean it up, it should be just over 12" total. I hope it doesn't twist and bend when using it at maximum cut. ................ Nubs
Anyway, I'll get the blade cleaned up and sharpened sometime today. I'm going to put a handle on it like a knife, and it will be adjustable so I can shorten the cutting depth if I have to.
The bottom piece is 12 3/8 long, 1/8" thick, 1 1/2" wide but when I clean it up, it should be just over 12" total. I hope it doesn't twist and bend when using it at maximum cut. ................ Nubs
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I am lazy, I would normally just use the toothed edge and go with it... I know it would need cleaned up after that because of the saw marks but, oh well...
It may have been lightning struck, I've never encountered subalpine fir that hard. It ruined a spade bit trying to drill through it. Mostly it's a soft wood that smells terrible.
Little bowl step one ,Bristlecone root. I wish you could smell this :)
terpenes?
Found some nice figured Maple at the firewood business (in December?). They have a huge variety has of logs laying around ready to split.
Decided to make a live edge vase out of this piece. I think it will finish at about 8” tall.
Finally getting back into the shop since daytime temps are in the 30’s.
Decided to make a live edge vase out of this piece. I think it will finish at about 8” tall.
Finally getting back into the shop since daytime temps are in the 30’s.
Oh my god that is amazing.
It smells like old cinnamon.
A little more progress was made today, it still looks like a mess though.
Turned, oil/reoiled and roughed in a few more
The right is typical rough cut shavings, same technique used on the left. Don’t remember ever turning anything powdery like this angelum pedra…like it so far.
The right is typical rough cut shavings, same technique used on the left. Don’t remember ever turning anything powdery like this angelum pedra…like it so far.
I don't remember if you said, but are these green or dried blanks? I'm guessing dry, but I remember seeing you cut green blanks from logs. If dry, how long do you dry them?
I love the white burl. The third from the bottom on the first pic.
Made from dry blanks. I do cut and dry my own wood. Drying time has many variables… species, when cut, how cut, sealed, size, how stored, location climate, etc. Typically keep in log form til the free moisture evaporates before breaking down. Moisture now is about 20 for most and the cells will now start to loose moisture and checking starts. Cut into billets/blanks avoiding the defects, seal and stack on climate controlled shelves in the shop til dry.
Due to close tolerance of the bottle to bore the lamp blanks are dried to less than 5 as measured on my meter, typically takes 1-2 years. Roughed out including bored and left to sit and stabilize at least a week before turning. Bowls and other stuff not as critical and can turn with higher moisture.
Hook up with experienced turners in your area to learn what works best for them as the local climate will dictate many factors. Hope this helps and good luck finding what works for you.
I did a little more sanding today.There's still a couple of deep grooves ill hit with the paddle disc again.
