Cedar Pot

[Bob Haverstock]

The weather has turned cooler, so now it is turning time. This is a little cedar pot that I did a few weeks ago. It's about 6 inches in diameter and about 4.5 inches tall. I need to make a longer hook tool. I'm waiting for it to crack, do you think it will?

Bob Haverstock

[Kenneth Whiting]

I hope it doesn't crack. That would be a terrible waste of such a fine piece. Good job.

[David E Keller]

It's a pretty piece. I wouldn't bet against it cracking if you turned it green. Maybe the finish will slow the drying enough to keep it from cracking. Let us know how it turns out.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Really nice looking piece. I hope it doesn't crack. I have found if I soak them with antique oil right after turning cedar has held up pretty well.

[Jamie Straw]

What a pretty little pot, I hope it holds together, doesn't crack.

What type of cedar is it? I live in the Puget Sound area, lots of cedar available, but I've always thought it was too soft to turn.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Nice work Bob! Cool form - really good looking wood!

[Bob Haverstock]

What a pretty little pot, I hope it holds together, doesn't crack.

What type of cedar is it? I live in the Puget Sound area, lots of cedar available, but I've always thought it was too soft to turn.


Jamie,

All I can tell you is that is dead green turned cedar. Last spring I got about 12 linear feet of logs from a tree trimmer. Turning cedar is rewarding. This is the second pot that I've turned with the pith between centers.

I never pass up free cedar.

Bob

[Jamie Straw]

Jamie,

All I can tell you is that is dead green turned cedar. Last spring I got about 12 linear feet of logs from a tree trimmer. Turning cedar is rewarding. This is the second pot that I've turned with the pith between centers.

I never pass up free cedar.

Bob

We have almost exclusively Western Red Cedar. I might play with some down the road. If you were in the Seattle area, I could gift you more cedar than you could turn in a year! Hubby had some logging done last summer, and they left behind 2 piles of alder and cedar trees that have tons of turning potential.

[David Dobbs]

Had lunch with Bob a week ago Saturday he had this pot with him it is a nice piece

It is eastern red cedar it is the same cedar you would make a hope chest out of. turns really nice

[Jamie Straw]

It is eastern red cedar it is the same cedar you would make a hope chest out of. turns really nice

Ahhhhh, that is harder and denser than our Wester Red Cedar.