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  1. 04-13-2012, 10:27 PM #1
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    The Mailwoman! is Getting Ahead of Me!!

    OK, Mike Cruz and the Mailwoman have been conspiring to deliver more Flat Rate boxes of Ambrosa faster than I can get them turned and cored. I'm trying to keep up....but it's tough. This afternoon I cranked out 3 - 12" X 12" X 5 1/2" nested sets with my McNaughtons and turned to final thickness. But notice that yesterday's deliveries are sitting there for tomorrow. For now I am feeling a bit more confident ....until I create another lampshade!! Beautiful ambrosa isn't it? C & C's welcome.........

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  3. 04-13-2012, 10:34 PM #2
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    Do you always shrink wrap your bowls?
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  4. 04-13-2012, 10:44 PM #3
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    Roger - I've been shrinkwrapping a couple of inches around the rim. The theory is that it keeps the rim from drying too quickly and keeps some compression on the rim as well. I sticker them and set them bottom side up. Seem to work pretty well.
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    Your mailwoman is really getting a workout! I bet she'd appreciate one of your ambrosa bowls as a tip.
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    You are definitely in the production mode!
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    Nice job Mike! That's some nice ambrosia and looks like you'll have some nice nested sets when they're dried and finished!
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    Great looking sets Mike. Just wondering out loud if shrink wrap might work instead or in conjunction with Anchorseal on unturned blanks. I cleaned up and removed the pith from a bunch of fruitwood and many were of a shape that would have lent themselves to wrapping instead of wax. Ever tried that?

    Always seems that I have way more wood than time to turn . . . . . . oh well what doesn't make it to the lathe makes great fire wood when I take our grandsons camping.
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    I think this equates nicely to wood turning as well . . . . .
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  9. 04-14-2012, 10:54 AM #8
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    Peter - I have used shrink wrap (or a plastic grocery bag) for short periods of time. However I have a couple of pieces that I forgot and left in the shrink wrap and I see that there are mushrooms growing out the seams in the shrink wrap. I don't see this with the Anchorseal treatment. This tells me that shrink wrap wouldn't be the way to got for extended times.
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  10. 04-14-2012, 11:07 AM #9
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    Mike, you are a monster. Glad you are putting that AM to good use. But by my count, there are three turned and 4 boxes...didn't you get 8? I think the mailwoman stole one from you.
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    Nice looking corings Mike. You are a machine.
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    Nice group of bowls Mike, looks like that McN is going to pay for itself.
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    Hey Mike. Thanks I guess I'll just continue to boil and bag or just bag as required.
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    I think this equates nicely to wood turning as well . . . . .
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    In the cigar forums that would be a cigar bomb. In the wood world I guess you've been wood bombed. Very generous bomb.
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