Roger Chandler
01-22-2011, 7:48 PM
Hi folks,
I went out to my freezing shop :eek: this afternoon and started a hollow form out of Osage Orange. This is my first ever time turning Osage Orange, so that leads me to the question.
I got this piece of wood from a fellow creeker and member of our local club, Dale Winburn, [thanks Dale!] and it is green, and has been outside in the freezing weather for the last month.
I got most of the outside shape done, and began some hollowing......drilled a 1/2" hole in the center, then hollowed about 1/3rd the way down, but not all the way to final thickness, as I have some final touch up on the outside, and more hollowing.
My feet got so cold, :eek: that I had to call it an afternoon. Also, some work to do as well. So I wrapped the form on the lathe with a plastic grocery bag, and taped it with blue painters tape to hold moisture in until a few days for when I hope to get back at it.
Do you think this will be the poster child for a cracked form? Do I need to do something different in order to save it? Having never turned OO, then I was not sure what I ought to do, so any good advice would be greatly appreciated!!!
I went out to my freezing shop :eek: this afternoon and started a hollow form out of Osage Orange. This is my first ever time turning Osage Orange, so that leads me to the question.
I got this piece of wood from a fellow creeker and member of our local club, Dale Winburn, [thanks Dale!] and it is green, and has been outside in the freezing weather for the last month.
I got most of the outside shape done, and began some hollowing......drilled a 1/2" hole in the center, then hollowed about 1/3rd the way down, but not all the way to final thickness, as I have some final touch up on the outside, and more hollowing.
My feet got so cold, :eek: that I had to call it an afternoon. Also, some work to do as well. So I wrapped the form on the lathe with a plastic grocery bag, and taped it with blue painters tape to hold moisture in until a few days for when I hope to get back at it.
Do you think this will be the poster child for a cracked form? Do I need to do something different in order to save it? Having never turned OO, then I was not sure what I ought to do, so any good advice would be greatly appreciated!!!