Baxter Smith
05-19-2012, 10:35 PM
A couple days ago, I took some cell phone pictures to send my cousin and thought you might be interested.
Sometime last summer, my cousin had cut the top off one of his peach trees. This spring he used his backhoe to pull out the stump and saved it for me. I brought it back to Delaware a little over a month ago. Decided it was about time to do something with it so pulled it out of the woods.
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Dulled three chains on good:rolleyes: Maine rocks before it was ready to mount on the lathe. The bottom was not solid and partly rotten so Jerry Marcantels chuck plate was the perfect solution.
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I had considered trying an endgrain NE form but there was too much endgrain from the roots and the blank was just too unbalanced to turn it fast enough. Did a little trimming with a chainsaw then got back to turning.
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By the time I had turned away most of the rot, things had gotten smaller.
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Cut the trunk into some blanks and a couple of bowls.
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They are now in storage.
Comments and suggestions are always welcome!:)
Sometime last summer, my cousin had cut the top off one of his peach trees. This spring he used his backhoe to pull out the stump and saved it for me. I brought it back to Delaware a little over a month ago. Decided it was about time to do something with it so pulled it out of the woods.
232527
232528
Dulled three chains on good:rolleyes: Maine rocks before it was ready to mount on the lathe. The bottom was not solid and partly rotten so Jerry Marcantels chuck plate was the perfect solution.
232529232530
I had considered trying an endgrain NE form but there was too much endgrain from the roots and the blank was just too unbalanced to turn it fast enough. Did a little trimming with a chainsaw then got back to turning.
232531232532
By the time I had turned away most of the rot, things had gotten smaller.
232533
Cut the trunk into some blanks and a couple of bowls.
232534
They are now in storage.
Comments and suggestions are always welcome!:)