epoxied pear crotch.

[curtis rosche]

here is a interesting peice of what i was told it bradford pear. it was a 3 way crotch peice. i turned the crotch upside down so that the split end made up the bottom and the single end made the top. the wood was already split when i turned it. the big "crack" through the middle is actually a bark inclusion/middle of one of the crotches. i filled it with self leveling epoxy. took for ever to do such a pain. i rough turned it and then covered the out side with tape so i could pour the epoxy from the inside. well i for got about the bottom where the face plate was and ended up with all the epoxy running out and through the threads. after a day of thread cleaning I taped up the inside and poured it from the outside. only to find that in 2 places the epoxy had actually pealed the tape off. i was able to fix it but not before getting it everywhere.

funny side note. the woodshop teacher told me to use the extra epoxy for a prank on the "new" teacher. ened up epoxying his paper weight to the center of his desk about 4 inches from the front. made a hole/crater in the desk when he pulled it off.


sorry for the picture quality.

what do you think?

[curtis rosche]

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[John Fricke]

Bowl looks fine........I wanna hear the repercussions of the epoxy prank.

[curtis rosche]

well, i had to pull off and fix the felt bottom of the paper weight. some how the felt stuck to the weight and pulled the rubber/cradboard matting off the desk. there is still a hole. all i had to do was fix the bottom of the wieght, it was either that or face detention

[Steve Schlumpf]

i filled it with self leveling epoxy. took for ever to do such a pain. i rough turned it and then covered the out side with tape so i could pour the epoxy from the inside. well i for got about the bottom where the face plate was and ended up with all the epoxy running out and through the threads. after a day of thread cleaning I taped up the inside and poured it from the outside. only to find that in 2 places the epoxy had actually pealed the tape off. i was able to fix it but not before getting it everywhere.

funny side note

I thought that was the funny stuff - ROFLOL!!!

Sounds like you had quite the learning experience Curtis! The end result looks pretty good - so it was worth all the effort!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Curtis that is funny. Great looking bowl.

[Mark Hix]

I would use the argument that if you had to take detention, the shop teacher had to sit with you!

[robert hainstock]

When I have one of those, I use Duck tape to contain the liquid epox.
Bob

[curtis rosche]

he denied any involvment