Roger Chandler
04-22-2013, 3:18 PM
I began a turning last week........about Tuesday, I think...........I was just roughing out a piece of badly cracked walnut..........the purpose was to try out a gouge that I had not used before, and so I finished it up today, and decided to further experiment with some wet sanding techniques that were posted on a thread by Fred Belknap and commented on by numerous others.........also try a form I had not tried.............it was an experiment in form, so I am not entirely sold on the result as I think the transition from the bottom of the bowl part to the pedestal is a bit angular, but again, this was just to try the idea and see how I liked the finished result.....likely I will go back to a more rounded transition next time I do a similar form.
This will make a nice base for a centerpiece of silk flowers............what I had in mind when I started this one.
This piece of walnut was full of tear out on the end grain when roughing it out, it also has the pith in it.........I did not cut out this blank, and do not remember off the top of my head how I acquired it, but it almost deserved a special place in the wood stove! :rolleyes:
To make a short story long..:rolleyes:........I thought I would show you the pics. The wet sanding really did wonders for this piece of walnut, and it has Mahoney's Walnut oil for a finish. It is about 7.5 inches wide and 4.38 tall. Your observations are always welcome!
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This will make a nice base for a centerpiece of silk flowers............what I had in mind when I started this one.
This piece of walnut was full of tear out on the end grain when roughing it out, it also has the pith in it.........I did not cut out this blank, and do not remember off the top of my head how I acquired it, but it almost deserved a special place in the wood stove! :rolleyes:
To make a short story long..:rolleyes:........I thought I would show you the pics. The wet sanding really did wonders for this piece of walnut, and it has Mahoney's Walnut oil for a finish. It is about 7.5 inches wide and 4.38 tall. Your observations are always welcome!
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