Tim Rinehart
02-28-2012, 9:06 PM
During the last meeting of the Southern Piedmont Turners, I spied Tony Pridmore talking to another member and out of the corner of my eye, saw Tony looking at a piece of wood on an iPhone. Well...what I glanced at made me ask what still remains...and luck would have it, there was still some left behind a library.
Tony and I went up there Sunday and as we drove down to the creek bank, saw what looked like one small log...but looks are deceiving. We spent several hours harvesting what remained, and this was essentially a cut off with bark to true up one of pieces...so basically scrap. Haven't had any real time to attack the larger stuff, but I figured this would yield a nice little platter, but actually got a nice rough blank that is nearly 12" diam...so into a dry pile it goes.
Yea, it will lose alot of color over time, but it's a beauty to enjoy while it does, and can be minimized with UV inhibitors...so we'll see how it goes.
This stuff just turns like butter....but also slings a bit of water.
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Tony and I went up there Sunday and as we drove down to the creek bank, saw what looked like one small log...but looks are deceiving. We spent several hours harvesting what remained, and this was essentially a cut off with bark to true up one of pieces...so basically scrap. Haven't had any real time to attack the larger stuff, but I figured this would yield a nice little platter, but actually got a nice rough blank that is nearly 12" diam...so into a dry pile it goes.
Yea, it will lose alot of color over time, but it's a beauty to enjoy while it does, and can be minimized with UV inhibitors...so we'll see how it goes.
This stuff just turns like butter....but also slings a bit of water.
225640