Kathy Marshall
02-14-2011, 12:02 AM
I was trying to decide what to turn today and grabbed a log of Emory Oak (native tree in Arizona) that had a small burl on it. I cut out the cross section that included the burl and popped it on the lathe. Got it roughed and found lots of cracks and a nice little void (small pucker factor). Nice big crack going through the section that will be the tenon (dumped in a ton of medium CA and prayed it would hold).
182649
Turned a little more on the outside to start defining the shape and a nice little chunk came out of the void. Now had a nice little medium sized void (a few more points on the pucker factor).
182654
This is the other side showing the pith and more of the cracks (some went completely through as evidenced by the CA that ended up on the paper towel I put on the bed (lesson learned early on when filling large cracks between centers))
182647
Got the tenon turned and chucked it up. Taped up the outside and started hollowing. Nice little bark inclusion and more of the void (crank up the pucker).
182650
I used a 1" forstner bit to take out the center a little at a time. I drilled in about an inch then hollowed down, then drilled another inch and hollowed down. The bark inclusion was pretty big and the void got bigger and I wanted to leave as much support as I could while I worked my way down.
This is basically the finished product, it's about 5" tall by 3 1/2 wide give or take. I still need to turn a base and I'm going to do a lid also.
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It just has a quick coat of DO so far, will start adding WOP tomorrow and hopefully will have it completed for the weekend. I think this piece might end up in the instant gallery at the Desert Woodturning Roundup.
I'm open to suggestions for wood and form for the pedestal base, lid and finial.
182649
Turned a little more on the outside to start defining the shape and a nice little chunk came out of the void. Now had a nice little medium sized void (a few more points on the pucker factor).
182654
This is the other side showing the pith and more of the cracks (some went completely through as evidenced by the CA that ended up on the paper towel I put on the bed (lesson learned early on when filling large cracks between centers))
182647
Got the tenon turned and chucked it up. Taped up the outside and started hollowing. Nice little bark inclusion and more of the void (crank up the pucker).
182650
I used a 1" forstner bit to take out the center a little at a time. I drilled in about an inch then hollowed down, then drilled another inch and hollowed down. The bark inclusion was pretty big and the void got bigger and I wanted to leave as much support as I could while I worked my way down.
This is basically the finished product, it's about 5" tall by 3 1/2 wide give or take. I still need to turn a base and I'm going to do a lid also.
182652182651182648
It just has a quick coat of DO so far, will start adding WOP tomorrow and hopefully will have it completed for the weekend. I think this piece might end up in the instant gallery at the Desert Woodturning Roundup.
I'm open to suggestions for wood and form for the pedestal base, lid and finial.