Joshua Dinerstein
03-28-2009, 10:28 PM
So I was called by a friend this morning some of his neighbors were cutting down some really old Elm trees in their front yard. So I headed on over and we met up and went and filled his truck with this amazingly fresh cut Elm.
Now I am using to buying wood online and this was one of my first ever scores of free "found wood". So I decided I would rush home and start sawing some up and turn it. Well I did. And I took a shower! Holy crap! There actual surface water on it when I started turning and it continue to spray off of the piece on the lathe. My goodness. It was interesting. The shavings coming off the bowl were long and thick. Pretty cool turning something that green.
However I did have a problem and I am wondering if it was because the wood was just too darn wet to turn yet or ??? But I actually could see the wood crack as I was turning it. Ok, not actually while the lathe was on... :D But as I would stop and check for flat spots etc... I notice a crack that was forming and by the time I could "get past it" it was about 1 1/2 inches deep. But it hadn't been there when I first put the piece between centers and started. I just don't get it. I mean I could see if it had taken me hours to get to that stage but we are talking about 10 minutes or so of roughing it to vaguely round and then starting to work on the bottom. It is kind of crazy.
So I thought I would ask. Anyone else run into this kind of problem and if so what did you do to try and prevent/stop it? Was the wood really just too darn green to turn? And if that is the case how long should I let to sit before I start trying to turn any more of it?
Thanks,
Joshua
P.S. I will take a photo of the roughed bowl once it comes out fo the DNA bath. Which given the water content fo the wood should be... sometime next year. :mad:
Now I am using to buying wood online and this was one of my first ever scores of free "found wood". So I decided I would rush home and start sawing some up and turn it. Well I did. And I took a shower! Holy crap! There actual surface water on it when I started turning and it continue to spray off of the piece on the lathe. My goodness. It was interesting. The shavings coming off the bowl were long and thick. Pretty cool turning something that green.
However I did have a problem and I am wondering if it was because the wood was just too darn wet to turn yet or ??? But I actually could see the wood crack as I was turning it. Ok, not actually while the lathe was on... :D But as I would stop and check for flat spots etc... I notice a crack that was forming and by the time I could "get past it" it was about 1 1/2 inches deep. But it hadn't been there when I first put the piece between centers and started. I just don't get it. I mean I could see if it had taken me hours to get to that stage but we are talking about 10 minutes or so of roughing it to vaguely round and then starting to work on the bottom. It is kind of crazy.
So I thought I would ask. Anyone else run into this kind of problem and if so what did you do to try and prevent/stop it? Was the wood really just too darn green to turn? And if that is the case how long should I let to sit before I start trying to turn any more of it?
Thanks,
Joshua
P.S. I will take a photo of the roughed bowl once it comes out fo the DNA bath. Which given the water content fo the wood should be... sometime next year. :mad: