Dale Bright
02-29-2012, 10:04 PM
I have not posted a pic in quite some time but I have been reading the forum everyday. Since Thanksgivving, I have had 2 surgeries for a brain tumor and I will be having 2 months of Proton Beam Radiation Therapy starting in 2 weeks. The prognosis is excellent and the doctors expect a complete recovery. I have been able to do some turning and I have been taking some pics. I will try to get back into a more active roll in the Creek.
This tray is from a piece of Hickory Burl a friend gave me, last spring. It had a lot of inclusions and a lot of rot. I intended to rough turn it and return it to the lathe after drying. When I took it out of the chuck and started cleaning
the dust and some rot out, the tenon area simply fell apart. I decided to put into a large paper bag for drying for a few months.
This piece moved and warped a lot, as wet Hickory does, but I manged to jam chuck it for a little bottom clean up and then a lot of sanding, off the lathe. The finish is just Walnut Oil. Size: 13" X 10" X 3"
Comments and critique are most welcome and thanks for looking.
Dale
This tray is from a piece of Hickory Burl a friend gave me, last spring. It had a lot of inclusions and a lot of rot. I intended to rough turn it and return it to the lathe after drying. When I took it out of the chuck and started cleaning
the dust and some rot out, the tenon area simply fell apart. I decided to put into a large paper bag for drying for a few months.
This piece moved and warped a lot, as wet Hickory does, but I manged to jam chuck it for a little bottom clean up and then a lot of sanding, off the lathe. The finish is just Walnut Oil. Size: 13" X 10" X 3"
Comments and critique are most welcome and thanks for looking.
Dale