Don Alexander
10-06-2010, 11:35 PM
a couple of weeks ago they cut down a tree right across the street from me
and for some reason the tree service cut a 10-12" thick slab off the stump part of the tree that they were very happy i wanted to take it off the site :D:D
the slab was about 36" in diameter and roughly 12" thick and not at all round ; my son and i muscled it across the street and into my utility trailer to get it to the shop where we cutit up into several large blanks
i took one of the smaller chunks and further cut it into 2 blanks roughly 5" dia and 6" long , i think this piece was one of the plainer ones from that slab , i know the wood is oak of some kind, the leaves were 4-5" long and about 1and 1/2 " wide sorta finger shaped and there were acorns on the branches maybe Pin Oak???? dunno but i think the wood was worth the effort this little vase is about 4" in dia and about 5-6" tall
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/picture.php?albumid=420&pictureid=3976
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/picture.php?albumid=420&pictureid=3975
sanded to 600 grit then abralon pads to 4000 3 coats of BLO applied on the lathe spinning at 1830 RPM or so please excuse the cell phone pics
the other piece is a Potpouri Pot? or maybe a votif candle holder depending on how i decide to finish it off
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/picture.php?albumid=420&pictureid=3977
this one is shrinking and cracking quite a bit which i expected but it was mostly experimental in nature so i didn't take too much care with prevention measures :(
i definitely need to get a better setup for taking the pictures :o
all comments /critiques welcomed the few things visible in the last picture get me up to 6 as the number of things i have turned that are not pens/pencils i'm learning as i go
and for some reason the tree service cut a 10-12" thick slab off the stump part of the tree that they were very happy i wanted to take it off the site :D:D
the slab was about 36" in diameter and roughly 12" thick and not at all round ; my son and i muscled it across the street and into my utility trailer to get it to the shop where we cutit up into several large blanks
i took one of the smaller chunks and further cut it into 2 blanks roughly 5" dia and 6" long , i think this piece was one of the plainer ones from that slab , i know the wood is oak of some kind, the leaves were 4-5" long and about 1and 1/2 " wide sorta finger shaped and there were acorns on the branches maybe Pin Oak???? dunno but i think the wood was worth the effort this little vase is about 4" in dia and about 5-6" tall
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/picture.php?albumid=420&pictureid=3976
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/picture.php?albumid=420&pictureid=3975
sanded to 600 grit then abralon pads to 4000 3 coats of BLO applied on the lathe spinning at 1830 RPM or so please excuse the cell phone pics
the other piece is a Potpouri Pot? or maybe a votif candle holder depending on how i decide to finish it off
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/picture.php?albumid=420&pictureid=3977
this one is shrinking and cracking quite a bit which i expected but it was mostly experimental in nature so i didn't take too much care with prevention measures :(
i definitely need to get a better setup for taking the pictures :o
all comments /critiques welcomed the few things visible in the last picture get me up to 6 as the number of things i have turned that are not pens/pencils i'm learning as i go