David DeCristoforo
04-16-2011, 6:08 PM
Last year, right after I got sucked into the vortex, there was a severe wind storm during the night. It caused the downfall of a "smallish" pistachio tree right across the street from our house. By the time I got out there the next morning, a crew had already cut it up. They were going to sell it for firewood but I managed to talk them out of a few hunks which I halved and stored outside under some sawdust and dirt thinking that the rather plain looking wood might spalt. When I moved in February, I dug them up and took them over to the new house. There was nary a sign of spalting and the wood was probably wetter than when it first came down. (Yes, this is the wood I was referring to in my "miracle wood drying thread". But this piece got on the lathe before the chicken schmaltz fiasco.)
I did notice that there was this really interesting light colored band between the heart and sap wood and, for some reason I was in the mood to try another NE bowl. There's also an interesting little "postage stamp" anomaly on either side.
This one represents a couple of "milestones" for me. Not the first NE attempt (it's actually the second one I have done) but It's the first piece I have made with wood that I got "straight from the tree". Also, it's the fortieth piece I have made on the lathe and it's very close to the first anniversary of the launching of my "turning career" and my first turning post here which was on May 18th of last year.
As with my first NE bowl, this was turned sopping wet in three sessions over a four day period, being covered in plastic wrap in between. "Finish" is simply a slathering of Watco. It's going to have to dry some before I try to polish it up. It's still got so much water in it that it looks blotchy and its still pretty heavy even at 1/4" thickness.
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I did notice that there was this really interesting light colored band between the heart and sap wood and, for some reason I was in the mood to try another NE bowl. There's also an interesting little "postage stamp" anomaly on either side.
This one represents a couple of "milestones" for me. Not the first NE attempt (it's actually the second one I have done) but It's the first piece I have made with wood that I got "straight from the tree". Also, it's the fortieth piece I have made on the lathe and it's very close to the first anniversary of the launching of my "turning career" and my first turning post here which was on May 18th of last year.
As with my first NE bowl, this was turned sopping wet in three sessions over a four day period, being covered in plastic wrap in between. "Finish" is simply a slathering of Watco. It's going to have to dry some before I try to polish it up. It's still got so much water in it that it looks blotchy and its still pretty heavy even at 1/4" thickness.
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