Its been a couple of weeks since my last post but there certainly has been no shortage of turning going on here. I am still working the DNA drying system and having very good results at least with maple and cherry. I tried it with some apple wood and have not had very good results. Lots of cracking issues. So I took a different approach there and have been trying Steve Russels boiling method with a twist. After boiling the wood I let it cool down and then soak it in the DNA. For a test I did 4 rough outs, boiled them all, 2 were wrapped in bags after they cooled down and 2 were soaked in the dna and then put in bags. So far so good. The ones soaked in the dna are losing weight a bit faster, which is expected, but all are holding their own without any cracking and minimul warping.
Below are a couple of my recent finish turns. The first is from a rotted apple burl. (my first burl) It was a good size burl but by the time I got rid of all the rot, I was only left with 2 small workable pieces. This is one of them, the other is still drying. This one was boiled and then saoked in DNA. It is 8 inches by 2 inches high and finished with 2 coats of minwax antique oil.
The second in Cherry. This one was roughed out, soaked in DNA, bagged and dried for 10 days. It is 6.5 inches by 4 inches high and finished with a few coats of Mr. Boos butcher block oil.
I took these pics with a camera instead of my cell phone so I would assume they should be much better than my previous pics. I had it set on macro and set to superfine. Let me know I can make any tweeks to improve the quality now that I have many more options.
Thanks Guys....enjoy!!!