Leo Van Der Loo
07-11-2015, 2:02 AM
This past winter I cut up one of two Black Ash logs that a Beaver had cut down, right next to the what we call “the Beaver pond” one was a nice bigger tree before it got cut down the other one was maybe 20” or so and was partially hollow, so that one I cut up into firewood lengths, not the best wood it still will burn, as I was looking at it, I decided to try to make a bowl from one of the half hollow pieces.
As I cut it up on the bandsaw, it showed worse that I thought it was, still I should be able to turn it and it looked like it had some nice grain in it.
Turning it showed why it is also called basket Ash, I lost a couple of chunks and the final size a mere 10 inches by 2 inches high, turned quite thin it dried in a matter of days, mounted it again so I could sand and finish it, then I found two small splits in one of the year-rings, so as I didn’t want to make baskets ;) the split was CA’d, then the base finish turned and some Tung oil added.
I kind of like the grain and the color of the wood, not so much its tendency to wanting to split into layers, anyway this is the outcome :)
There was very little warp, if you have a close look at the finished foot you can see how little the foot has changed from round by the rings in the foot.
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As I cut it up on the bandsaw, it showed worse that I thought it was, still I should be able to turn it and it looked like it had some nice grain in it.
Turning it showed why it is also called basket Ash, I lost a couple of chunks and the final size a mere 10 inches by 2 inches high, turned quite thin it dried in a matter of days, mounted it again so I could sand and finish it, then I found two small splits in one of the year-rings, so as I didn’t want to make baskets ;) the split was CA’d, then the base finish turned and some Tung oil added.
I kind of like the grain and the color of the wood, not so much its tendency to wanting to split into layers, anyway this is the outcome :)
There was very little warp, if you have a close look at the finished foot you can see how little the foot has changed from round by the rings in the foot.
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