I haven't purposefully filled the bug holes. I've epoxy-coated some of the pieces made with this tree, and that has the effect of filling bug holes and any other small openings in the wood.
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I haven't purposefully filled the bug holes. I've epoxy-coated some of the pieces made with this tree, and that has the effect of filling bug holes and any other small openings in the wood.
I'm experimenting with Krylon's UV Archival Varnish, to see if it helps prevent fading of the intense color often found in box elder wood, and I wonder if any Creekers have relevant experience that...
I've had that experience a lot (tear-out resulting from spalted wood being 'punky'). My go-to solution is to make a semi-final pass, minimizing the tear out as best I can using speed and sharp tools....
I finish a lot of my work with epoxy coating. I was inspired to do this after seeing some of the Moulthrop family (Ed, Philip and Matt) work at an exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, and also...
I would like to buy or fabricate a tool which would allow me to sand the inside of hollow-form vases, particularly the inside walls. My purpose would be to eliminate the "shaggy" condition of the...
Our Brasstown Woodturning Guild meets monthly, usually with a demonstration program put on by one of our members or an outsider. For some time now, we've been recording video to a DVD recorder, so...
Okay, based on your numbers, each level of the glue-up is 16 pieces (either straight strips or circles); 6 rows of circles ='s 96 circles, and 8 rows of strips ='s 128 more pieces, 224 altogether.
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One of our Brasstown [NC] Woodturner guys brought a truckload of woodturning blanks to our last meeting, and shared them with the rest of the members. I took home a piece labeled "ficus"; I can't...
I have a set of 3 rounded-end scrapers from Hurricane Tools (large, medium, small). I have modified all of them to create a negative rake on the cutting edges, which I've found to be very helpful....
I built and use a slow-rotation epoxy curing machine, for applying and curing epoxy coatings onto woodturnings. The motor is basically a rotisserie motor (2-3 rpm), and the spindle (self-built) is...
Thanks for the Packard website referral and the youtube video link.
Based on the video, I believe I have the Munro 12 mm tool, which uses a round cutter head (12 mm, I would assume).
There...
I purchased a set of used tools from a woodturner's widow, a couple of years ago. Recently, I've started looking at a Rolly Munro tool that was part of that set. I need to know more about the cutter...
Thanks to all who chimed in with comments or suggestions.
I decided to hollow it all the way in one operation, then immediately apply thinned epoxy to minimize surface cracking. So the day after I...
I took a section of black walnut branch log, about 12" diameter, very green, and turned the outside of it for a hollow-form vase. Here's a picture, after roughing out the outside. The pith is...
I recently posted about a couple of black locust bowls that I turned:
https://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?293709-Black-locust-bowls
In the discussion that ensued, the subject of...
Thanks to all who contributed to the discussion, particularly the "fuming" idea, which was new to me.
What a great place, Sawmill Creek woodturning! You come for the Ooohs and Aaahs, and stay for...
Not having any experience with ammonia fuming, I'm not clear on what concentration is typical for "household ammonia." Many listings show very low concentration (1%, more or less). Can you be any...
Thanks for the suggestion. I think I will follow up on that, and see what happens.
I found this post from a while back, with some spectacular fumed-black-locust photos:
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From a tree cut in July in Atlanta, turned a couple of weeks ago, and then finish-coated with 3 coats of epoxy. I believe these came from opposite sides of the same log cut down the middle, although...
Here's a photo, as Paul requested, of the second item I turned with this wood (a plate). This is a closeup of the grain where the trunk is beginning to branch. The dark line at the left edge, center,...
Paul asked for photos of the second turning (the plate), after finishing. John asked for photos of my 'Epoxinator.' Both are at my lake house, where I spend most of my time. I'll be back there in a...
Recently, I posted a "tree identification" request here, for a log that floated into my boathouse on Lake Burton (GA) recently. With feedback from replies, and with the additional clues revealed by...
Here's a photo of the first piece that I've turned, from my "floater" tree trunk. Lots of spalting and bug-holes, and a bark-inclusion marking the start of a branching.
The orange thing around...
I had a tree trunk about 10-12 inches in diameter, float into my boathouse dock steps, on Lake Burton (Rabun County, northeast Georgia). I cut a piece off today, and cut along the grain to split a...
Thanks for the replies!
Question - what diameter forstner bit do you use most often?